You arrive on the scene to find an approximately 60-year-old male patient writhing on the floor. He is complaining of a tearing pain radiating to his lower back. He has absent femoral pulses and has a pulsatile mass just superior to his umbilicus. You suspect which of the following conditions?
A) Myocardial infarction B) Abdominal aortic aneurysm
C) Ruptured appendix D) Acute pancreatitis
B
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Your patient is an 80-year-old male complaining of lower back pain that radiates through to the abdomen. He describes the pain as "ripping" in nature. He is pale, diaphoretic, and anxious, and has a blood pressure of 210/100 mmHg, a pulse of 112 beats per minute, and a respiratory rate of 20 breaths per minute. Which of the following conditions is MOST likely?
A) Gallbladder disease B) Bowel obstruction C) Abdominal aortic aneurysm D) Diverticulitis
Brittle-bone disease is another name for ____.
A. osteogenesis imperfecta B. osteoporosis C. Paget's disease D. scoliosis E. kyphosis
The spinal cord is part of the ____ nervous system
A) peripheral B) central C) afferenet D) efferent
Each of the following may assist with placement of the image receptor for a child patient except one. Which one is the exception?
A) Placing the image receptor parallel to the long axes of the teeth of interest B) Using a smaller size image receptor C) Switching to a smaller, lighter image receptor-holding device D) Using the bisecting technique