A patient has called 911 for abdominal pain and generalized weakness. On arrival you note that the patient's skin is a yellow-orange color. Which one of the following diseases revealed to you during the history would best correlate to this patient's skin?
A) Lung cancer
B) Stroke
C) Liver disease
D) Diabetes
C
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Rules or standards that govern the conduct of members of a particular group or profession are called:
A) regulations. B) ethics. C) morals. D) statutes.
A patient has suffered an open crush injury to his elbow. As you approach, you note the patient sitting upright holding a towel to his elbow. Although the towel is soaked with blood, the elbow does not appear to be actively bleeding. Your FIRST action in caring for this patient should be to:
A) place a sterile dressing over the injury. B) apply oxygen through a nonrebreather mask. C) evaluate the patient's airway. D) examine the patient's elbow.
Bifid ribs, calcified falx cerebri, and other skeletal abnormalities are associated with which of the following?
a. Gardner's syndrome b. Cleidocranial dysplasia c. Albright's syndrome d. Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome e. Osteogenesis imperfecta
The MPD per year for radiation workers is _____ rems
a. 0.05 b. 50 c. 5 d. 0.005