Identify the differences between elective, emergency, and optional surgeries

What will be an ideal response?


Elective surgery is medically necessary but may be performed at the patient's convenience. Surgery that must be performed immediately is considered an emergency procedure. Optional surgery is not medically necessary but which the patient wishes to have performed.

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Which of following is identified as an initiator of exercise-induced hemoglobinuria associated with running?

a. Prosthetic heart valves b. Extensive thermal burns c. Erythrocyte membrane disorder d. Exercise-induced oxidative stress and erythrocyte age

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List three methods that could be employed to prevent aspiration of a foreign body

What will be an ideal response?

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Inversion and eversion occur at which joint?

A) midtarsal joint B) subtalar joint C) metatarsophalangeal joint D) talocrural joint

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The __________ and the current job opportunities should match. ?

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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