By the time a fetus reaches full term, the tidal volume of the female has increased by:
A) 15 percent
B) 40 percent
C) The tidal volume remains the same but the rate increases by 30 percent
D) 25 percent
B) 40 percent
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Which is the correct term for the government agency responsible for vital statistics?
A. National Center for Health Statistics B. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention C. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services D. American Medical Association
The family of a patient in hospice care for the final stage of lung cancer has summoned 911 because their father is short of breath. The patient is responsive to verbal stimuli and has an open airway with adequate respiration of 18 to 20 per minute. His skin is cool and diaphoretic with diminished breath sounds bilaterally. Your partner reports a heart rate of 112, blood pressure 96/44 mmHg, and
an SpO2 of 82%. He has a valid DNR, but family is scared and wants him transported to the ED for evaluation. Your next action would be to: A) monitor during transport but avoid providing physical care. B) place an oral airway and start positive pressure ventilation. C) provide high-concentration oxygen, monitor vitals, and transport to the ED. D) administer oxygen at 2 lpm and provide emotional support during transport.
What are alkenes or olefins?
a. Compounds whose molecules are composed of only carbon and hydrogen atoms b. Compounds that contain only carbon-to-carbon single bonds c. The first and last carbon atoms in a continuous chain are chemically linked to each other in a cyclic arrangement d. Hydrocarbons whose molecules contain one or more carbon-carbon double bonds
A patient has been bitten by an unidentified snake. Which one of the following statements made by the patient would lead the EMT to believe that the snake was poisonous?
A) "Its eyes were round." B) "It was about two feet long." C) "Its head was triangular." D) "It had a stripe down its back."