As you assess your patient whose chief complaint is dizziness, you ask him if he takes medicine for hypoglycemia. He does not answer; he just looks at you quizzically. You should:
A) adjust your communication to the patient's level.
B) stand in front of him so he can read your lips.
C) repeat the question a little louder.
D) just look through his medications for the answer.
A
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When presenting information on cardiac arrest and automated external defibrillation to a community group, a man asks why people should perform CPR prior to the arrival of EMS if the EMS responders will provide a shock after they arrive. Your response would be:
A) "Immediate CPR can prolong the period in which the heart can be successfully shocked into a perfusing rhythm following cardiac arrest." B) "In many cases, CPR can reverse the cardiac arrest, making a shock by the AED unnecessary since the shock may further damage the heart." C) "In the American Heart Association's Chain of Survival, CPR is the most important link in surviving cardiac arrest that occurs outside the hospital." D) "CPR is needed to keep blood flowing through the body so the EMTs can give the patient IV medications when they arrive."
Choose the correct statement regarding proper specimen collection for coagulation testing from the following choices:
a. The tube needed for coagulation testing should be the first tube drawn. b. It is acceptable to fill the sodium citrate tube halfway in a polycythemic patient for coagulation testing. c. When drawing blood from a catheter, care must be taken to avoid heparin contamination. d. Butterfly needles should not be used when drawing coagulation tubes.
Prokaryotic cells differ from eukaryotic cells because prokaryotic cells usually have
1. a nuclear membrane. 2. a cell wall. 3. one chromosome. A) 2 and 3 B) 1 and 3 C) 1 only D) 2 only
Tetraiodothyronine describes which of the following compounds?
A. T4 (thyroxine) B. T3 C. MIT D. Reverse T3