Narcotics are used to produce mood changes and provide ______________
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analgesia: Narcotics (opioids) are used to produce mood changes, provide analgesia (pain relief), and elevate the pain threshold.
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You are administering positive pressure ventilation to an elderly male with a history of advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Which of the following must you keep in mind as you care for this patient?
A) Too forceful ventilations may rupture the lung tissue and cause a pneumothorax. B) High concentrations of oxygen will damage the lungs and must be avoided. C) Ventilations must be given with greater force to overcome natural stiffening of the rib cage. D) Positive pressure ventilation with high-concentration oxygen is contraindicated for this patient.
The type of urine specimen that may be submitted for culturing to identify the number and the types of pathogens present is the ____.
A. timed urine specimen B. 24-hour urine specimen C. clean-catch midstream urine specimen D. first morning urine specimen E. random urine specimen
A respiratory therapist wants to reduce evaporative heat loss by creating a "swamp environment" around a neonatal patient in an incubator. This can be accomplished by directing
A) cool and humidified air into the incubator B) warm and humidified gas into the incubator C) warm humidified air into the incubator D) cool and humidified gas into the incubator
Usually spread through contaminated feces, ____________________ causes gastrointestinal disease in dogs and systemic disease in cats
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