When tying a rescue knot your initial bight should be approximately 10 feet long.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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A 72-year-old male patient (height 6'2", weight 95 kg) with a history of congestive heart failure (CHF) presents to the emergency department complaining of shortness of breath and inability to lie down to sleep
Physical assessment reveals a very anxious patient with a pulse of 140, respirations 32, and la-bored with diaphoresis. Breath sounds are decreased with bibasilar coarse crackles. The patient has a productive cough of pink frothy secretions. The patient is placed on a nonrebreather mask and the resulting arterial blood gases (ABG) show: pH 7.25, partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) 55 mm Hg, partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) 54 mm Hg, oxygen saturation (SaO2) 86%, bicarbonate (HCO3?) 24 mEq/L. The most appropriate immediate action to take includes which of the following? a. Face mask continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) 10 cm H2O b. Intubate, volume-controlled continuous mandatory ventilation (VC-CMV), respir-atory frequency (f) 20, tidal volume (VT) 810 mL, positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) 8 cm H2O, fractional inspired ox-ygen (FIO2) 1.0 c. Intubate, volume-controlled intermittent mandatory ventilation (VC-IMV), f 6, VT 425 mL, PEEP 10 cm H2O, FIO2 0.80 d. Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) with bilevel positive airway pres-sure (bilevel PAP), inspiratory positive airway pressure (IPAP) 15 cm H2O, expir-atory positive airway pressure (EPAP) 5 cm H2O, FIO2 0.60
Which of the following is the most specific laboratory test to diagnose chronic myelogenous leukemia?
a. Increased bone marrow fibrosis and reticulin fibers b. Increased EOs and basophils in peripheral blood c. 5% Blasts in the bone marrow d. Leukocyte alkaline phosphatase
A characteristic of mixed punctuation is ____.
A. no punctuation after the salutation B. no colon after the enclosure C. no period after the enclosure D. a colon after Attention in the attention line E. no comma after the complimentary closing
What is the correct ratio of compressions to ventilations when performing two-rescuer child CPR?
A. 3:1 B. 5:1 C. 10:1 D. 15:2