You respond to a report of a "person seizing." The patient is a 74-year-old female who is experiencing uncontrollable movements of the skeletal muscles in her extremities and face. She is awake, alert, and extremely agitated and restless. The patient has NO history of cerebrovascular accident, seizures, or other neurologic disease. You discover that the patient's physician recently placed her on
a new medication, but neither she nor her family can remember what the name of the drug is. Which of the following drugs would be MOST likely to produce these effects?
a. Elavil c. Librium
b. Thorazine d. Lithium carbonate
b
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Which of the following statements regarding incidental trim is MOST accurate?
A) Building codes control incidental trim more rigidly because it is a continuous surface. B) Window frames are considered incidental trim. C) Material is generally considered incidental trim as long as it doesn't exceed ten percent of the wall and ceiling area. D) Doors are considered incidental trim.
The Fair Labor Standards Act primarily affects
A. employees who earn hourly wages. B. salaried employees. C. employees who work for commission. D. contract employees.
Assign the appropriate clinical service classification for percutaneous transhepatic liver biopsy followed by resection of the liver
A) Medicine B) Surgical C) Obstetrics D) Newborn
The condyloid processes are associated with theA) maxillary bone
B) mandible. C) palatine bone. D) lacrimal bone.