Most 911 calls are automatically directed to a designated ________ operated by a city or county agency with specially trained dispatchers.
A. emergency room switchboard.
B. public safety answering point (PSAP)
C. hospital
D. fire department.
Answer: B
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Your patient is a 20-year-old college student who has fallen from a third-level balcony onto a wooden deck below. The patient responds to verbal stimuli, is pale in color with moist skin, and has a very obvious deformity with protruding bone ends of his right forearm. Which of the following is the BEST sequence of intervention for this patient?
A) Open the airway; assess breathing; check the carotid pulse; splint the forearm injury; immobilize the patient to a long backboard; apply high-concentration oxygen; and transport. B) Provide manual in-line stabilization of the cervical spine along with assessment of breathing, pulse, and the presence of significant hemorrhage; apply high-concentration oxygen; perform a rapid trauma exam; immobilize to a long backboard; and check with medical control about the need to splint the forearm injury prior to transport. C) Provide manual in-line stabilization of the cervical spine along with assessment of breathing, pulse, and the presence of significant hemorrhage; apply high-concentration oxygen; perform a rapid trauma exam; immobilize to a long backboard; transport; and splint the extremity en route if time and resources allow. D) Provide immediate manual in-line stabilization of the cervical spine; apply high-concentration oxygen by nonrebreather mask; perform a focused history and assessment; apply the cervical collar; apply a padded board splint, sling, and swathe to the forearm injury; and transport.
What changes in lung function are associated with malnutrition?
a. Reduced VC b. Increased TLC c. Increased RV d. Decreased FRC
"____________________" is a lay term for sexual relations with a first degree relative with whom marriage is prohibited by law.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The Physician's Desk Reference is:
A) a common drug reference manual. B) published annually. C) both A and B. D) also called the USP-NF.