Your paramedic partner states that he needs to start an IV solution of "sugar water" on a diabetic patient. You would assist her by obtaining what solution?
A) 0.9% normal saline
B) Lactated ringers
C) Sodium chloride solution
D) 5% dextrose in water (D5W)
D
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A) Condition B) Characteristic C) Client D) Context
You are staffing an information booth at the county fair when a mother and her 15-year-old son approach. The mother informs you that her son is severely allergic to bee stings and had an epinephrine auto-injector prescribed to him when he was 5 years old. She hands you the 0.15 mg auto-injector and notes that it expired several years ago. Which one of the following statements would be most
appropriate for you to make? A) "Call your doctor as soon as possible for a new injector because this one is out of date." B) "We have some on the ambulance. I can get you one until you are able to get a new one from your doctor." C) "Make sure to call the doctor since this is out of date. Also ask him if he wants to add a steroid to the injector." D) "Call your doctor to get a new injector and ask him if he wants to change the dose."
Which of the following terms refers to the difference between the inspiratory compliance and expiratory compliance?
A. resistance B. hysteresis C. elastance?D. volume dependency
James Lind (1716-1794) observed the effect of time, place, weather, and diet on the spread of disease by ____.
A. comparing sick persons to well persons B. applying the germ theory to public health C. introducing randomization when conducting clinical trials D. applying the germ theory to hygiene practices