Your protocols call for you to use the pediatric assessment triangle when assessing young children. You know that the second leg of the triangle assesses the "work of breathing" and the bottom leg of the triangle assesses "circulation to the skin." What does the first leg of the triangle stand for?
A) Alteration of mental status B) Appearance
C) Airway D) Assessment
B
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A) 61-year-old confused female breathing at a rate of 8 breaths per minute B) 34-year-old male with abdominal pain who is alert and oriented with good chest rise and fall C) 19-year-old male breathing 16 times per minute with slight wheezing in the lungs D) 67-year-old female breathing 26 times per minute with good chest rise and fall
Necrotic PMNs in a cytospin can be easily mistaken for which of the following?
a. Nucleated RBCs b. Hairy cells c. Leukemic blasts d. Hypersegmented PMNs
Which of the following will cause spuriously prolonged clot-based coagulation tests?
a. An evacuated 3.2% sodium citrate tube filled to 50% capacity b. An evacuated 3.2% sodium citrate tube filled to 90% capacity c. Prolonged tourniquet application d. Plasma collected from a traumatic tap
Shuffling is observed in patients with?
A) ?multiple sclerosis B) ?schizophrenia C) ?Parkinson's disease D) ?Alzheimer's disease