Name at least five factors that contribute to skin breakdown.
What will be an ideal response?
Factors contributing to skin breakdown include impaired circulation, prolonged contact with moisture, prolonged contact with excretions and secretions, poor nutrition and debilitation, inadequate hydration, shearing forces and friction, immobility, and incontinence.
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Firefighters should be afforded the ability to rest for at least ____ minutes, which is ordinarily sufficient to recover their capacity to continue working.
A. ten B. twenty-five C. thirty D. forty-five
The protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord are the:
a. meninges b. astrocytes c. myelin d. ventricles
The key to structural balance is most likely which of the following?
A) lumbar stabilization B) sacral stabilization C) pelvic stabilization D) spinal stabilization
BTPS means _______________ temperature, pressure, and saturated with water vapor.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).