Which of the following findings is considered evidence of peripheral arterial disease?
A. Delayed capillary refill
B. Absence of the dorsalis pedis pulse
C. Absence of both the dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial artery pulses
D. Absence of the posterior tibial artery pulse
C
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A patient with hemophilia has suffered a large and deep laceration to the right forearm after cutting it on a mirror, which fell while he was hanging it. The wound is hemorrhaging a steady amount of dark red blood. Given the history of hemophilia, your immediate action on reaching the patient's side and putting on gloves would be to:
A) request that the ED have Factor VIII standing by on your arrival. B) start an IV and administer a 1 L NS bolus. C) apply a tourniquet proximal to the wound. D) apply direct pressure with a bulky dressing.
Which of the following statements indicates that an OEC Technician understands the importance of evaluating the mechanism of injury?
a. "The mechanism of injury is useful in determining the exact injuries a patient has sustained." b. "Evaluating the mechanism of injury is important because it determines whether emergency transport to the hospital is needed." c. "The mechanism of injury is a useful tool in determining whether a patient's outcome will be good or bad." d. "The mechanism of injury can give valuable clues about the source of injury and how seriously a patient is injured."
The annual effective dose limit for individual members of the general population not occupation-ally exposed is ___________ for continuous or frequent exposures from artificial sources other than medical irradiation and natural background and ____________ for infrequent annual exposure.
a. 1 mSv; 5 mSv b. 3 mSv; 7 mSv c. 5 mSv; 9 mSv d. 50 mSv; 25 mSv
An example of a variable in a frequency distribution is ____.
A. third party payers B. males C. newborns D. all the above