Your service's medical director would like to explore the idea of EMTs using special transport ventilators when caring for patients who require assistance with their breathing. When using an evidence-based medicine approach, what should you do first?
A) Go to a local hospital to see which kind of ventilators it uses
B) Contact vendors that sell ventilators and ask for price quotations
C) Select specific EMTs to conduct a field trial of particular ventilators
D) Search the medical literature for research related to this topic
D) Search the medical literature for research related to this topic
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A) Acetylcholinesterase B) Acetylcholine C) An ACE inhibitor D) None of the above
Number 2 on the figure represents the ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The visceral pericardium is the same as the?
A) ?endocardium. B) ?parietal pericardium. C) ?mediastinum. D) ?epicardium.
Advantages of the unit dose drug distribution include
A) bulk medicines are stored in patient care units B) medications can be used for more than one patient C) increased medication credits (medications returned unused) D) improved medication control