The two primary reasons for measuring blood pressure are to determine:
a. ___________________________
b. ___________________________
a. Vascular resistance to blood flow
b. Effectiveness of cardiac muscle in pumping blood to overcome vascular resistance
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
As you approach a female patient, she appears unresponsive with her arms and legs jerking violently. On the prehospital care report, you would document that the patient was found in what phase of a generalized seizure?
A) Tonic B) Absence C) Syncopal D) Clonic
You have been called to a home for an 18-year-old male patient, who informs you that he experienced a sudden onset of shortness of breath and back pain while watching television. He has a history of spontaneous pneumothorax, and the current symptoms he is experiencing are identical to those he felt with a previous pneumothorax. Assessment reveals the patient to be slightly dyspneic with breath sounds clear and intact bilaterally. During transport, what is most critical to continually monitor on this patient?
A) Blood pressure B) Mental status C) Spasms to the hands D) Breath sounds
On a periapical radiograph, what is the small circular radiolucency near the roots of the mandibular premolars?
lingual foramen incisive foramen mental foramen mandibular foramen