Along with immunocompromised patients, which other age group(s) may have a vague presentation of an abdominal pathology due specifically to a depressed inflammatory response?
A) Adult patients
B) School-age patients
C) Geriatric patients
D) Teenager patients
C) Geriatric patients
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When performing chest compressions for infants, perform at least:
A. 50 compressions per minute. B. 75 compressions per minute. C. 100 compressions per minute. D. 150 compressions per minute.
Which of the following factors influence the delivered tidal volume during jet ventilation? I. mean airway pressure II. injector diameter III. endotracheal tube size IV. drive pressure
A. I, IV only B. II, III only C. I, II, III only D. I, III, IV only
You have been summoned to an apartment complex for an unknown medical call. At the scene, the police meet you and inform you that the 24-year-old male patient smoked some "bath salts" and is acting erratically. As an EMT, you recognize that bath salts are:
A) Drugs that depress the central nervous system B) Drugs that increase circulating norepinephrine C) Drugs made synthetically from bath and shower cleaners D) Drugs that sedate and slow the respiratory drive when taken in excess
Some health care specialties such as nursing have patient advocacy as a high priority of their practice. What basic principles are supported by the adoption of patient advocacy as a major priority?