A 44-year-old patient was found unresponsive at home. Based on his mental status and the fact that he was burning a kerosene heater in an enclosed room, you suspect carbon monoxide poisoning. Based on this information, which route of exposure would you recognize as responsible for the poisoning?

A) Nasal-oral
B) Inhalation
C) Ingestion
D) Absorption


B) Inhalation

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The design of relay pumping operations is always predicated on which two factors?

What will be an ideal response?

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The EMT shows she understands the regulation of temperature in the human body when she states:

A) "If the body becomes too hot or too cold, the brain will send instructions out to the body to either retain or lose heat." B) "If the air outside the body is cold and the body is too hot, the cold air will move into the body to cool it." C) "Since the cellular activity in the body constantly generates heat, the body must always be cooler than the air that surrounds it." D) "For the body's cells to function properly, the human body must always be warmer than the air that surrounds it."

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Cognex® is the trade name of:

A) tacrine B) pyridostigmine C) neostigmine D) ambenonium

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