A minimum volume (in milliliters) of anesthetic solution needed to achieve anesthesia with an ASA injection is typically ________ mL
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
0.9
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Which of the following would demonstrate empathy for a patient?
A) Advise an alcoholic that he must quit drinking if he hopes to get better. B) Talking to a COPD patient about the dangers of smoking cigarettes. C) Tell a patient that it would be less expensive to take a cab to the hospital. D) During a cold snap, try to locate a jacket for a homeless man.
Secondary databases include those centered within a particular health care facility-all EXCEPT the following:
A. Disease B. Operative C. Physician Indices D. Medical Device Registry
Today is your day to obtain all blood draws in the pediatric unit. You collect all patient lab requisitions from the nurse's station and notice you have 15 patients to draw. As you look through the requisitions, you notice that the ages of your patients range from 3 weeks old to 14 years old. By checking the patients' ages, you realize that you will need to communicate with and identify each patient differently. When you enter your eighth patient's room, you notice that there are no parents or guardians in the room and the nurse is with another patient. You continue entering the room and proceed to identify the patient. The patient is a one-year-old girl who has an IV in her right arm and an oxygen mask on. You check your requisition and compare the patient information to the patient
armband. Everything matches up correctly. Should you or should you not collect the blood sample? Why or why not? A. Yes, it's the correct patient, correct room number, and correct name, and the parents are in the hospital but just in the waiting room. B. No, even though all information matches correctly, you still need verbal confirmation by a parent or by the nurse taking care of this patent. C. Yes, all information matches correctly on the requisition and armband. D. No, the nurse needs to watch you collect the blood sample but cannot at the moment.
A male patient fell 20 feet from a cliff to a trail below. The primary assessment shows him to be confused, with an open airway and shallow breathing. His pulse is 72 beats per minute and his blood pressure is 78/50 mmHg. The skin is warm and flushed. The patient has no motor ability or sensation in his legs. Which one of the following is the MOST likely cause of this patient's presentation?
A) Hypoglycemia B) Internal bleeding C) Hemorrhagic shock D) Spinal injury