A 69-year-old male patient called 911 because of a sudden onset of pain and then numbness in his left leg. He states that he has a history of blood clots that form in the leg and the pain feels exactly as it did the last time that this occurred. He denies any trauma to the extremity. You perform the primary assessment and find the patient to be alert and oriented with no life-threatening deficits to the airway, breathing, or circulation. When initiating the secondary assessment on this patient, what would be appropriate to do?
A) Perform a rapid head-to-toe exam
B) Initiate immediate transport
C) Place a nasal airway as a precautionary measure
D) Perform a physical exam of the leg
D) Perform a physical exam of the leg
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The larger medical practices participating in purchasing groups can save as much as ____ percent on supplies.
A. 5 B. 10 C. 20 D. 50
Which part of the cardiac conduction system is located in the walls of the ventricles and cause the ventricles to contract?
A. Bundle branches B. Bundle of His C. AV node D. SA node E. Purkinje fibers
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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