List three differences between organic and inorganic compounds.

What will be an ideal response?


Organic compounds are nonpolar, insoluble in water, and easily decomposed by heat, and they react slowly.

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You are dispatched to the local elementary school for an injured student. Upon arrival you find that two 7-year-olds got into a fight and one of them jabbed a pencil in the other's cheek. The pencil is still sticking out of the child's cheek. When you examine the patient, you cannot see the end of the pencil that went through the cheek, as it appears to be stuck in the palate. There is not

significant bleeding, and the child is not having any difficulty breathing. The child is very upset and wants you to pull the pencil out. What should you do? A) Stabilize the object, but do not try to remove it. B) Call the parents and see what they want you to do. C) Remove the object and put a bandage on the outside of the cheek. D) Let the child carefully pull the object out.

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In cases when the bone marrow is compromised, hematopoiesis can resume in other organs. What is this phenomenon called, and what organs have this ability?

a. Hematopoiesis; lymph node and spleen b. Extramedullary hematopoiesis; liver and spleen c. Nuclear asynchrony; thymus and spleen d. Diapedesis; blood vessels and brain

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Which of the following would NOT be an indication for a pacemaker?

A) Sinus rhythm B) Mobitz II second-degree AV block C) Third-degree AV block D) Idioventricular rhythm

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Under the provisions for HIPAA, there are requirements for national identifiers for all EXCEPT:

A. patient. B. provider. C. health plan. D. employer.

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