You are called to a doctor's office for a patient with hematuria. You know that hematuria is:
A) blood in the stool.
B) blood in the urine.
C) cloudy urine.
D) a blood clot.
Answer: B
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Deep, short, cross-fiber strokes are most commonly used during the _______________ phase
a. warm-up b. separation c. realignment d. integrating and closing
A patient is very dizzy and has an altered mental status. Vital signs are pulse, 84; respirations, 16 breaths/min; blood pressure, 74/32 mmHg; and SpO2, 93%. Medical direction has ordered the paramedic to start an IV infusion of a medication that causes blood vessel constriction. You would recognize that the medication is benefiting the patient when you observe:
A) The heart rate increase to 92 beats/min B) The respirations increase to 24 breaths/min C) The blood pressure increase to 110/64 mmHg D) The SpO2 increase to 94%
Immune complexes induce vasculitis by which of the following processes?
a. Inducing aggregation of platelets and activation factor XII b. Increasing pressure within the lumen of capillaries c. Forming thrombi in the small vessels, inducing necrosis d. Releasing enzymes and free oxygen radicals from neutrophils that have migrated to the area to phagocytize the immune complexes
The convention used in the ICD-10 to be a placeholder is:
a. excludes 1. b. excludes 2. c. additional digits needed. d. an x.