If unable to establish an airway by any other means, in which of the following patients would needle cricothyrotomy be contraindicated?
A) Three-month-old infant
B) Six-month-old infant
C) Both of the above
D) Neither of the above
D
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a. Medical assistants b. Physicians c. Companies that sell EHR software d. Vendors
Which group of muscles works synergistically to flex and adduct the arm?
a. The posterior deltoid, subscapularis, and pectoralis minor b. The anterior deltoid, coracobrachialis, and pectoralis major c. The middle deltoid, subclavius, and pectoralis major d. The anterior deltoid, coracobrachialis, and pectoralis minor
Your patient is a 55-year-old male with a history of seizures who is on the floor and experiencing tonic-clonic motor activity. His jaw is clenched, he has peripheral cyanosis, and there are frothy secretions in his airway. HR = 130, RR = 4 and shallow, SaO2 = 88%. Which of the following is most appropriate?
A) Suctioning the airway, inserting a nasopharyngeal airway, assisting respirations by bag-valve-mask device with 100 percent oxygen B) Immediate nasal intubation and hyperventilation with 100 percent oxygen C) An IV of normal saline at a keep open rate, check blood glucose level, administer 3 mg of lorazepam, IV D) An IV of normal saline at a keep open rate, check blood glucose level, administer 5 mg of diazepam, IV
The process of weakening a pathogen to be used as a vaccine is called
A) thinning B) propagation C) extraction D) attenuation