Your patient has severe respiratory distress from an acute onset of pulmonary edema. Why do you want to treat her with CPAP?
A) It can reduce the amount of fluid that can cross into the alveoli.
B) It increases the oxygen concentration of the inspired oxygen.
C) It reduces the inflammation of the lower airways.
D) It has an analgesic to help reduce the patient's anxiety.
A
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Your patient is a 20-year-old female college student who lives in a dormitory. She complains of weakness, fever, chills, nausea, a rash on her chest, and neck pain. Physical examination reveals warm, moist skin; pain with flexion of her neck; and a petechial rash on her chest. HR = 92, BP = 108/68, RR = 14, SaO2 = 99%. Which of the following is most appropriate?
A) Place an N-95 respirator on the patient, transport BLS, notify the hospital before arrival B) Place a face mask on your patient and yourself, transport BLS, notify the hospital before arrival C) Administer oxygen by nonrebreather, BLS, and transport D) Administer O2 via nonrebreather mask, cardiac monitor, IV of normal saline, and transport
_________ works with raw data, allowing it to be treated in a similar fashion.
A. Hypertext markup language B. Standard generalized markup language C. Programming language D. Extensible markup language
Which of the following would not be adjusted at the control panel?
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Ions in the body are called ____________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).