Which past medical condition identified during the SAMPLE history could be a metabolic cause of an altered mental status in an elderly male patient?
A) Brain abscess
B) Brain tumor
C) Hemorrhagic stroke
D) Kidney failure
D) Kidney failure
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Your patient denies shortness of breath, but displays signs of respiratory distress. You state, "I know you said you have no difficulty breathing, but you can hardly speak for gasping for air." This is an example of:
A) confrontation. B) empathy. C) contradiction. D) feedback.
During the summer months, you work as an EMT at a first aid station that helps people who hike trails in the high mountains of the western United States. One afternoon, you are presented with a 42-year-old male patient who was just at an altitude of 14,000 feet while hiking. The patient states that while at this altitude he experienced a severe headache, became very uncoordinated and stumbled often, and felt very nauseous. He became scared, so he left the trail to be seen in the first aid station. The patient indicates that he feels better now. Given this description, what would be the most likely differential diagnosis?
A) High-altitude pulmonary edema B) High-altitude cerebral edema C) High-altitude coronary thrombosis D) High-altitude neurologic thrombosis
The trade name for aerosolized pentamidine is
a. Virazole. b. Atrovent. c. Flovent. d. NebuPent.
In the context of sports in cold weather, shivering ceases below a body temperature of ________.
A. 85°F to 90°F B. 75°F to 80°F C. 90°F to 95°F D. 80°F to 85°F