Which of the following are given to patients to reduce anxiety, provide amnesia, and improve tolerance of mechanical ventilation?
A. barbiturates
B. benzodiazepines
C. neuromuscular blockers
D. opioid analgesics
Answer: B
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Which of these patients would the EMT identify as having the most adequate breathing, free from any respiratory distress?
A) A 61-year-old confused female breathing at a rate of 8 breaths/min B) A 34-year-old male with abdominal pain who is alert and oriented with good chest rise and fall C) A 19-year-old male breathing 16 times per minute with slight wheezing in the lungs D) A 67-year-old female breathing 26 times per minute with good chest rise and fall Answer: B
A differential is performed on a bone marrow specimen obtained from a patient suspected of having CML in blast crisis
The results are as follows: 45% blasts, 13% metamyelocytes, 18% myelocytes, 10% promyelocytes, 8% bands, 2% segmented neutrophils, 1% pronormoblasts, 1% basophilic normoblasts, 1% polychromatophilic normoblasts, and 1% orthochromatophilic normoblasts. What is the M:E ratio? a. 2:1 b. 24:1 c. 12:1 d. 15:1
What is the most common cause of hemothorax?
a. Chest trauma b. Malignancy c. Pulmonary embolism d. Surgery
Turbidimetry is the measurement of the reduction in light transmission caused by:
A. Particle formation. B. Chelation of metals. C. Slowing of the spin rotation of electrons. D. Increase in excitation photon energy.