Your patient is a 32-year-old female who is depressed and tearful after a fight with her ex-husband. Which of the following would NOT increase the risk of or indicate an increased risk of the patient committing suicide?
A) The patient has access to a method of suicide.
B) The paramedic is using direct questioning about suicidal intentions.
C) The patient has called her sister to come and get her dog.
D) The patient has had three glasses of wine since the fight.
B
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You are treating a patient who has been stabbed in the abdomen and now has abdominal contents protruding from the site of the wound. The BEST way to treat this injury is to:
A) cover contents with moist gauze and use an occlusive dressing such as plastic from a trauma dressing package and tape in place. B) elevate patient's shoulders and cover abdominal contents with bulky, wet dressing. C) carefully replace abdominal contents after rinsing with saline and cover with bulky, dry dressing. D) dressing and bandage wound as any other, careful transport.
Which of the following, pictured here, is a closed wound with bruising?
A. Contusion
B. Abrasion
C. Laceration
D. Puncture
E. Incision
________ originate from the hematopoietic stem cell
a. Red blood cells b. White blood cells c. Platelets d. All of the above
The term automaticity refers to a cell's capability of:
A) responding promptly to electrical stimuli. B) generating an electrical impulse from one cell to another. C) generating an electrical impulse on their own. D) contraction or shortening an impulse.