You arrive on the scene of a popular nightclub to find a 22-year-old woman in custody of the police. Witnesses state she had been taking her clothes off on the dance floor, and when club staff asked her to stop she struck one of them. She is now sitting in the back of the police cruiser crying. She admits to "X-ing." Which of the following physical findings would you not expect to find in this
patient?
A) Tachycardia
B) Anxiety
C) Hypotension
D) Fever
C
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A. urinalysis C. coagulation test B. differential leukocyte count D. metabolic panel
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A. therapy and systemic B. personal and family C. malignant and benign D. disease and disorder
You are called for a "near" drowning. When you arrive, you find a nine-year-old boy who was pulled from the deep end of the pool just before you arrived. He is conscious and alert, sitting by his mother. He has a cough and his pulse oximetry reading is 98 percent. How should you manage this patient?
A) Advise his mother to watch him closely for the next 24 hours. B) Recommend that his mother schedule an appointment with his physician. C) See that he is dried and warmed before sending him home with his mother. D) Recommend that he be transported to the hospital for evaluation.