The doctor has ordered 50 milliliters of a 15% solution. How many grams of pure drug are needed for this order?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: 7.5 grams

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Which criterion does NOT apply when abstracting skeletal system procedures?

A) What is the specific location and/or compartment within the anatomic site? B) What is the procedural approach? C) Which components of a joint are replaced (total or partial)? D) What bone is fractured or dislocated?

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While riding a bike, a young boy fell onto a stick protruding from the ground. The stick impaled him in the neck. The boy immediately pulled the stick out and ran home, where his mother called 911. Assessment reveals a gaping wound to the right neck. All hemorrhage has clotted off and manual cervical spine motion restriction is being maintained. Which instructions should you provide to the other EMTs on scene?

A) "Take some sterile gauze and carefully place it inside the open wound to prevent additional bleeding." B) "Place an occlusive dressing over the wound and tape it on all four sides." C) "Apply a sterile dressing over the wound and hold it in place by wrapping roller gauze around his neck." D) "Do not worry about covering the wound; just place a cervical collar on the patient and carefully transfer him to the long board."

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The need to have larger amounts of a drug to produce the same effect is ____________

a. addiction b. tolerance c. dependency d. side effects

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Select the word that is spelled correctly.?

A) ?chirrhoses B) ?chirrhosis C) ?cirrhosis D) ?cirrhasis

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