The formed elements of blood are the red and white blood cells and platelets.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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A. worse the picture. B. clearer the picture. C. smaller the screen. D. better the price.
Your patient is a 13 year-old male drowning victim. He was initially in cardiac arrest with a pulseless, wide-complex bradycardia. He is intubated and being ventilated with supplemental oxygen. After CPR and intubation, the patient is now in ventricular tachycardia with a weak radial pulse. Which of the following would be an appropriate treatment for this patient?
A) Amiodarone, 5 mg/kg IV push B) Lidocaine, 3 mg/kg IV bolus, followed by a 3 mg/minute drip C) Procainamide, 20 mg per minute, up to 800 mg D) Synchronized cardioversion starting at 0.5-1.0 joules/kg
You are assessing a 34-year-old female patient who appears to be in hypovolemic shock. You would expect her pulse to be:
A) bradycardic and irregular. B) tachycardic and weak. C) tachycardic and bounding. D) bradycardic and strong.
Patients taking an MAOI such as phenelzine (Nardil) or tranylcypromine (Parnate) must avoid ingesting which of the following foods in order to prevent the development of serotonin syndrome?
a. ice cream b. aged cheese c. water d. soda