If a mastectomy is scheduled to follow a breast biopsy and frozen section results indicate carcinoma, what is done?
a. Protect the field until second procedure begins.
b. Bring up a Mayo stand with new instruments for the mastectomy.
c. Use same instruments, but be sure to change all gloves first.
d. Re-prep, redrape patient; team changes gowns and gloves; and use new instruments.
d
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a. Fraud b. Medical coding c. Symbols d. Compliance plan
The mean is especially useful when the data are what statisticians call "normally distributed." This means:
A) if you graphed the data, it would form a shape similar to a bell curve. B) values are placed into numerical order, and the middle value is determined. C) the data falls within the "fiftieth percentile." D) the distribution of a group is how spread out it is, or how dispersed the data are.
Assessment of an alert and oriented 9-year-old child with a history of asthma reveals him to be breathing 20 times per minute with adequate chest rise and fall. You also note that he exhibits nasal flaring and has slight retractions of the intercostal muscles. His heart rate is 100 beats per minute and his blood pressure is 102/64 mmHg. On room air, he has a pulse oximeter reading of 98%. The EMT would recognize:
A) Compensated respiratory distress B) Late respiratory failure C) Hypoxic respiratory failure D) Decompensated respiratory failure
Decrease in cardiac output and circulation are age-related ________ changes.
A. cardiovascular B. digestive C. integumentary D. respiratory