You have responded for a five-year-old girl in severe respiratory distress apparently from an allergic reaction. You remember that the treatment for severe anaphylaxis for a child this age is:
A) intravenous epinephrine 1:1000 at a dosage of 0.01 mg/kg.
B) subcutaneous epinephrine 1: 10,000 at a dosage of 0.01 mg/kg.
C) intramuscular epinephrine 1: 1000 at a dosage of 0.1 mg/kg.
D) intramuscular epinephrine 1:1000 at a dosage of 0.01 mg/kg.
D
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a. gas is warmed by ambient air. c. gas is cooled by ambient air. b. corrugated tubing is too short. d. particles are suscep-tible to gravity.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
When sequencing codes for drug and alcohol dependence, which of the following is true?
A) The code for the dependence is always sequenced first. B) When both alcohol and drug dependence occurs, the code for the alcohol dependence is sequenced first. C) The sequencing of the code is dependent on the circumstances of care and on the type of facility to which the patient was admitted. D) The code for the drug dependence is sequenced first.