The condition called hammertoe is caused by an abnormal flexion of the proximal interphalangeal joint.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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To function as a paramedic, one must:
A) only have a license to practice and does not need to have a medical director to oversee one. B) have fulfilled the specific requirements of an appropriate credentialing body. C) strive to maintain quality health care, regardless of cost or impact on one's EMS system. D) make accurate judgments but do so in a manner comfortable to one's personality.
Your patient is a 22-year-old female who has increased her daily dose of lithium without her physician's knowledge. She is complaining of generalized weakness, vomiting, and diarrhea. You notice that her speech is slurred. Heart rate = 68 and irregular, respirations = 16, blood pressure = 104/70, SaO2 = 97% on room air, and the monitor shows a sinus rhythm with PACs and PJCs. Which of the following would be most beneficial to this patient?
A) Oxygen B) Magnesium sulfate C) Calcium chloride D) Sodium bicarbonate
A 78-year-old female is hospitalized with complications due to hip replacement surgery. She is receiving intravenous antibiotics and oxygen via a nasal cannula as well as having a urinary catheter in place
At four days of hospitalization, she develops fever after showing signs of improvement. The physician suspects bacteremia. To prove his suspicion, he orders a culture of her A) intravenous catheter tip. B) skin surface at the site of the intravenous catheter insertion. C) blood. D) A and B. E) A and C.
Diuretics cause diuresis via inhibition of the reabsorption of _____
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word