Discuss the role of the Food and Drug Administration as it relates to prescription drugs.
What will be an ideal response?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, tests and approves drugs before releasing them for public use. This agency also oversees drug quality and standardization. The FDA also has responsibility for major product recalls—a function vital to maintaining public health.
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Femcap® is similar to a cervical cap and can be worn for:
A) 2 hours. B) 12 hours. C) 24 hours. D) 48 hours.
While attending to an 11-month-old boy who has a suspected severe airway obstruction, you open the airway and attempt to give the child a breath. The child's chest does not rise. The next step you should take is to:
A) try a finger sweep. B) reposition and try to give another breath. C) start performing back slaps. D) begin CPR.
Which of the following statements about behavioral emergencies is false?
a. The person acts in a way that is not tolerable to those around them. b. The person requires physical restraint before care can be given. c. The person is often a danger to themselves or others. d. An injury to the brain can cause a behavioral emergency.
The coronoid process is most likely to be recorded on an intraoral radiograph of the:
a. maxillary anterior region. b. maxillary posterior region. c. mandibular anterior region. d. mandibular posterior region.