You are transporting a patient with chest pain to the hospital emergency department. In regard to possible fibrinolytic therapy, what should you relay during your hospital report as a possible relative contraindication to this therapy?

A) Blood glucose level of 80 mg/dL
B) Use of anticoagulant medication
C) History of previous heart attack
D) Allergy to aspirin and penicillin


B) Use of anticoagulant medication

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A. direct distance call B. credit call C. collect call D. conference call

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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When a skeletal muscle is in a relaxed state, a space exists between theA) thin myofilaments

B) thick myofilaments. C) a and b D) Neither a nor b

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