Why should you always take all your prescribed antibiotics?

What will be an ideal response?


Not completing your regimen can cause antibiotic-resistant bacteria to survive the treatment.

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Which of the following organizations has the right to seize drugs and devices that may cause harm to the public?

a. The state boards of pharmacy b. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention c. The Drug Enforcement Agency d. JCAHO

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A young male patient has self-extricated from his vehicle after hitting a telephone pole and rolling his car several times at a high rate of speed. He is spitting blood and has a large area of tenderness and soft tissue injury to the left side of his chest. On scene, you did not observe any paradoxical motion of the chest wall. The patient remains alert and oriented with stable vital signs, but continually complains of painful breathing. During transport, what is it essential that you do?

A) Reassess for paradoxical motion of the chest wall B) Apply bulky dressings to the area of chest injury C) Start positive pressure ventilation with supplemental oxygen D) Place a nonporous dressing and ice packs to the injured area

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Draping the patient and the area provides a sterile field for the procedure

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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What color would a patient appear if he/she was jaundiced??

A) white B) green C) blue D) yellow-orange

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