You respond to a construction site on a very hot summer day for a person "not acting right." You find a 44-year-old male patient seated in a work vehicle with the air conditioner on maximum. Coworkers state the patient was working for the last 2 hours pouring concrete when he started "speaking gibberish" and nearly collapsed. The patient is responsive to verbal stimuli. Your initial vital signs
are blood pressure 90/60, pulse 136, and respiratory rate 24. The patient's skin is cool to the touch and dry, but his shirt is wet with visible salt rings. You suspect:
A) heat cramps. B) myocardial infarction.
C) heat exhaustion. D) hypernatremia.
C
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The EMT has an accurate understanding of acute abdominal pain when he states:
A) "Abdominal pain is more of an emergency when the patient has a medical history related to the abdominal organs." B) "If the abdominal pain is not sharp in nature, it is most likely not a life-threatening condition." C) "Sometimes the cause of abdominal pain will be obvious, but most often the cause will not be that apparent." D) "If the patient complains of ‘crampy' or colicky pain, the EMT should suspect that a solid organ has ruptured and is bleeding."
Radiation effects that appear years later after exposure are called:
prodromal period effects manifest period effects latent period effects late somatic effects
For the following questions, use an ICD-9-CM code book and select the appropriate code(s) for the diagnostic statement given
Factilial urticaria
By what age can most toddlers walk independently?
A. 1 month B. 15 months C. 6 months D. 2 years E. 1 year