Which of the following statements regarding scalp lacerations is correct?
A. Because the scalp is highly vascular, you should always apply a tight pressure dressing to control bleeding
B. Patients who take antihypertensive medications bleed more severely from scalp lacerations
C. Although deep scalp lacerations bleed profusely, they are rarely associated with skull fractures
D. Blood loss from a scalp laceration may result in hypovolemic shock, especially in children
Answer: D. Blood loss from a scalp laceration may result in hypovolemic shock, especially in children
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A VOO pacemaker would pace the
A) atrium and ventricle, sense atrium and ventricle, and have both an inhibitory and a triggered response to sensed events. B) atrium, sense nothing, and have no response to sensed events since it cannot sense. C) ventricle, sense nothing, and have no response to sensed events since it cannot sense. D) ventricle, sense the ventricle, and be inhibited by intrinsic ventricular beats.
The history of disability is a series of stories about how people in various cultures have given meaning to physical and intellectual "difference." "Disability" comes to exist when people with certain differences are defined as
A. others and given over to care by experts. B. God-given gifts that personify the meaning of humanness. C. special people and embraced at the social center of a community. D. a burden to be borne by those who are able-bodied.