What type of procedure or care provides a terminal patient with symptom relief or avoidance and improves quality of the remaining life expectancy?
a. definitive
b. palliative
c. supportive
d. therapeutic
b
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A) After your partner completes all required paperwork and you have the ambulance completely cleaned and restocked B) As soon as your partner completes the patient care report and you are restocking the supplies used during the call C) As soon as you put the stretcher back in the ambulance with a clean sheet and you notify your dispatch center you are available D) As soon as you get back to the station and notify your dispatch center you are in quarters
Which of the following is not a required signal word on a pesticide label?
a. Caution b. Warning c. Toxic d. Danger
In First Degree Heart Block, the PR interval is ________ sec
A) less than 0.12 B) 0.12-0.16 C) 0.16-0.20 D) greater than 0.20
What is a common position for patients to be in for a rectal procedure?
a. Supine b. Fowler's c. Reverse Trendelenburg d. Prone (Kraske)