The disorder in which a person is born without pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair is ____.
A. albinism
B. cystic fibrosis
C. hemophilia
D. phenylketonuria (PKU)
E. thalassemia
A. albinism
Albinism is a condition in which a person is born with little or no pigmentation in the skin, eyes, or hair.
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You and your EMT partner are responding to a medical aid call in the rural West County area. The dispatcher advises that the caller is reporting the patient as having a history of "plegia." Why would it be beneficial to have the dispatcher clarify a prefix for the word plegia?
A) A patient with plegia is potentially contagious, and the EMTs need to know what precautions are required. B) Without a clarifying prefix, it is difficult for the EMTs to effectively prepare for the type of patient they may encounter. C) Because a dysplegiac patient generally requires an EMT-Paramedic level of care, and it may change the level of response. D) There is actually no need to clarify the word.
Comorbidities and complications are conditions that are thought to increase the length of stay at least _____ day(s) for 75% of patients
A. 1 B. 2 C. 5 D. 7
Hemolysis shows falsely____________RBC counts
Fill in the blank with correct word.
universal sign of choking is a(n) ____.
A. coughing fit B. anxious patient saying "I'm choking." C. hand up to the throat and a fearful look D. unconscious patient E. hands pressed to the chest