Peristalsis becomes ____________________, making constipation more common among residents.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
slower
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A. True B. False
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A) penetrating trauma injury. B) kinetic energy injury. C) blunt force injury. D) potential energy injury.
Suppression of bone marrow leads to ____, an absence of red blood cells, white blood cells, or leukocytopenia and platelets.
A. hyperkalemia B. hypokalemia C. pancytopenia D. Pott's disease
The RT responds to the high pressure, high respiratory rate, low exhaled volume, and low ex-haled minute volume alarms of a mechanically ventilated patient in the ICU
Upon entering the room, the RT notices that the patient, who is still attached to the ventilator, appears diaphoretic, tachypneic, tachycardic, and hypertensive. Breath sounds are absent on the left and distant on the right. The patient's trachea is deviated to the left, and jugular vein disten-tion is present. The endotracheal tube is 24 cm at the teeth. Immediate action should include which of the following? a. Order a chest radiograph in the upright position. b. Administer intravenous etomidate and succinylcholine. c. Pull back the endotracheal tube to 22 cm at the teeth. d. Insert a 14-gauge needle into the second intercostal space right midclavicular line.