What does comorbidity mean?
What will be an ideal response?
the patient had more than one condition when admitted
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Your patient has a device implanted under the skin of his upper left chest. His wife states that it is an AICD. This device is used to:
A) assist in pumping blood for patients with severe heart failure. B) detect and defibrillate life-threatening heart rhythms. C) deliver insulin to diabetic patients in precise dosages. D) provide tube feedings to patients who cannot swallow.
You are active in your local rural rescue squad as a paramedic. Your small town of 500 people does not have a hospital. There is a small community hospital 25 miles away and a large urban hospital 70 miles away. Recently, you have had two chest pain patients go into cardiac arrest and die after reaching the local community hospital, which does not have a cardiac catheterization lab or
fibrinolytic therapy available. Given your rural setting, which of the following should you suggest to the medical director and rescue squad council as a solution? A) Allow paramedics with the rescue squad to perform 12-lead ECGs and carry bedside cardiac marker assays, heparin, and fibrinolytics. B) Suggest fund-raising activities to build a cardiac catheterization lab at the community hospital. C) Develop a general protocol that states that all patients with chest pain of suspected cardiac origin should be transported directly from the scene to the urban hospital 70 miles away. D) Develop a general protocol that states that all patients with chest pain of suspected cardiac origin should be transported to the community hospital for evaluation by the nurse practitioner before transporting to the urban hospital.
Approximately how long will a liquid oxygen reservoir last when supplying 3 L/min to your pa-tient? The current reservoir weight is 20 lb, and the weight of an empty reservoir is 10 lb
a. 19 hours c. 46 hours b. 38 hours d. 119 hours
Which two arteries are occluded when the Allen test is performed?
a. femoral and radial b. radial and ulnar c. brachial and ulnar d. radial and brachial