Why is antiplatelet therapy used to prevent heart attack?
What will be an ideal response?
Inflammatory responses at the vascular level incite platelet clumping. Antiplatelet therapy hinders platelets' ability to stick together and propagate the coagulation cascade. Interfering with platelet clumping lessens the chance of a platelet plug occluding a coronary artery and thereby prevents a heart attack (myocardial infarction).
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A. head elevated laryngoscopic position B. head elevated pharyngeal position C. head down laryngoscopic position D. head down pharyngeal position
Restraints should be used only when all other means of obtaining a patient's cooperation have failed
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Diffuse interstitial keratitis is reported with code ____________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which statement about ventilating a basement fire is correct?
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