Angina is not always experienced as "pain" as many people understand pain. How would you describe symptoms you want him to warn you about?
Why is this important?
• Tell him you want him to notify you of any unusual or uncomfortable feelings that develop.
• It is possible that he could develop an MI even if he has not already had one. He could also develop
lethal dysrhythmias or cardiac arrest.
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Phase III clinical trials are sometimes referred to as efficacy studies
A) True B) False
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A) always-often-occasionally-never B) yes-no-maybe C) married-divorced-widow-separated D) no stress-extreme stress
To evaluate pulse in an emergency, the nursing assistant places two fingers lightly on one side of the patient's trachea to palpate the ________ pulse.
A. brachial B. apical C. carotid D. radial