Your partner is using the AEIOU-TIPPSS mnemonic to assess for common causes of altered mental status in a geriatric patient. During this process, your partner forgets what the "T" stands for. You would remind him that it means:
A) Trauma
B) Tumor
C) Tachycardia
D) Toxicology
A) Trauma
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A patient is hemorrhaging internally within his colon, therein impairing perfusion to the cells of his body. Aside from the bleeding, the patient has no other problems. In this scenario, the problem impairing adequate perfusion would be:
A) decreased blood volume. B) inability to get oxygen to the blood. C) poor myocardial pump function. D) inadequate ventilation to eliminate carbon dioxide.
The temperature at which a solid converts to a liquid is the _____ point
a. freezing c. boiling b. melting d. critical
You are treating a patient for bronchospasm. Albuterol (an adrenergic bronchodilator) is the only aerosolized agent being administered at this time. What other type of aerosolized drug might you recommend?
a. Anticholinergic bronchodilator b. Sympatholytic c. Both A and B d. Neither A nor B
Name the two radio buttons on the upper-right side of the Patient List dialog box.
A. Case and Guarantor B. Patient and Case C. Patient and Provider D. Provider and Case