Despite your attempts to coach a conscious young female's respirations, she continues to hyperventilate with a marked reduction in tidal volume. You should:
A. restrain her and provide ventilatory assistance.
B. insert a nasopharyngeal airway and give oxygen.
C. explain to her that you will assist her ventilations.
D. ventilate her at the rate at which she is breathing.
Answer: C. explain to her that you will assist her ventilations.
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A) "If you bite me, I will not help you feel better." B) "Do you bite your mother? Why would you try to bite me?" C) "Mom, you need to stop him from trying to bite me." D) "I know that you do not feel good, but biting is not okay."
The pain associated with skeletal fractures is transmitted by nerves in the:
A) epiphysis. B) yellow bone marrow. C) osteoclasts. D) periosteum.
This term refers to the process whereby an innovation becomes integrated into existing programs, practices, and policies of the social system in which it was introduced.
a. adaptation b. institutionalization c. implementation d. dissemination
The supporting bone of the arm is the:
a.) ulna b.) humerus c.) radius d.) clavicle