Jewelry can cause injury to patients and transmit germs or pathogens
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Your patient is an 80-year-old woman who fractured a vertebra while coughing. This type of fracture is best described as a(n) ________ fracture
A) pathological B) greenstick C) epiphyseal D) comminuted
You are at a party and are called to assist a young female college student who is unresponsive. Friends say that she is not a heavy drinker, but tonight she drank an excessive amount of alcohol. She responds only to painful stimuli and has snoring
respirations. Her respiratory rate is 8 breaths per minute and her radial pulse is weak. Based on your OEC training your first action would be would be: a. place her lying on her right side in case she vomits. b. notify the authorities because she is probably an underage drinker. c. perform the jaw thrust-head tilt maneuver. d. ask her friends if she has also ingested any drugs.
In an HMO utilizing the group model, staff agree to serve only HMO members, but:
a. can also see their own family members. b. work out of their own facilities. c. provide their own supplies. d. set their own salary.
Which of the following is used as a temporary airway and should be replaced with an endotracheal intubation as soon as feasible?
A. esophageal obturator airway B. esophageal gastric tube airway C. nasopharyngeal airway D. oropharyngeal airway