A client comes to the emergency department complaining of sudden onset of diarrhea, anorexia, malaise, cough, headache, and recurrent chills. Based on the client's history and physical findings, the physician suspects Legionnaires' disease. While awaiting diagnostic test results, the client is admitted to the facility and started on antibiotic therapy. What is the drug of choice for treating Legionnaires' disease?
a) Erythromycin (Erythrocin)
b) Rifampin (Rifadin)
c) Amantadine (Symmetrel)
d) Amphotericin B (Fungizone)
Answer: a) Erythromycin (Erythrocin)
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A) Use of intuition B) Systematic approach to assessment C) Obtaining a detailed medical history D) Thorough scene size-up
Which of the following are characteristic of patients with maple syrup urine disease (MSUD)?
A) Seizures, mental retardation, hypersalivation, and swallowing difficulties B) Sweet sugar odor to their urine, sweat, and ear wax C) Palmar and plantar hyperkeratosis, herpetiform corneal ulcers, and mental retardation D) Sweet sugar odor in their hair and feet
Health insurance was designed for what reason?
a. To help providers increase their salary b. To help individuals and families compensate for high medical costs c. To ensure patients get the best care d. To increase revenue for the government
An AEMT is faced with treating an unresponsive patient whose respirations are not depressed and the likelihood of narcotic overdose is remote. The AEMT feels helpless and believes that doing anything is better than doing nothing at all, the AEMT then decided to administer naloxone to the patient. The AEMT has fallen prey to an error called:
A) satisficing bias. B) fundamental attribution bias. C) anchoring bias. D) commission bias.