The ____________________ of the body acts as an effective barrier to most organisms, and very few infectious agents can penetrate it

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


skin

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You have been called to a college dormitory where campus police are talking to a 20-year-old male who was threatening to jump from his eighteenth-floor window. The patient admits that he was upset because he is failing most of his courses and his girlfriend broke up with him but says he was just "psyching out" his roommate and had no intention of jumping. Campus police tell you that the patient

was sitting on the balcony railing with his feet over the edge when they arrived. The patient was cooperative when they asked him to come back inside the room. Which of the following is the best course of action? A) Consider it a police matter, and mark in service. B) Have the police place the patient under immediate detention, and transport the patient in restraints. C) Tell the patient you must take his suicide threat seriously and transport him for evaluation. D) Have the patient sign a refusal form as long as the roommate will take responsibility for staying with him.

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Letterhead stationery, which contains the name and address of the sender, comes in all three of the commonly used sizes EXCEPT ________.

A. legal B. standard C. monarch or executive D. baronial

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Pulmonary artery occlusion pressure can be used to estimate:

a. left-atrial preload. b. left-atrial afterload. c. left-ventricular end-diastolic pressure. d. right-ventricular end-diastolic pressure.

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Which of the following terms replaces "conscious sedation"?

a. minimal b. moderate c. deep d. low

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