Match each of the following suffixes with their meaning:
A. enlargement
B. thirst
C. blood condition
D. pain
E. inflammation
A. megaly
B. dipsia
C. emia
D. algesia
E. itis
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After you apply the AED to a cardiac arrest patient, it delivered a shock. Immediately after the shock, the EMT should do which one of the following?
A) Check the patient for a pulse and reanalyze the rhythm if no pulse is present. B) Provide 2 minutes of CPR, and then check the patient for a pulse. C) Check the patient for a pulse and start CPR if no pulse can be located. D) Provide five cycles of single-rescuer CPR with a ratio of 15 compressions to two ventilations.
A client suffers adult respiratory distress syndrome as a consequence of shock. The client's condition deteriorates rapidly, and endotracheal (ET) intubation and mechanical ventilation are initiated. When the high-pressure alarm on the mechanical ventilator sounds, the nurse starts to check for the cause. Which condition triggers the high-pressure alarm?
a) Kinking of the ventilator tubing b) A disconnected ventilator tube c) An ET cuff leak d) A change in the oxygen concentration without resetting the oxygen level alarm
Under the START triage system, the FIRST distinction among patients is based on their:
a. ability to tell you their name. b. ability to walk. c. ability to follow a simple command. d. ability to breathe spontaneously at a rate of 30 breaths per minute or less.
A patient is admitted through the hospital emergency department with thrombosis, and heparin is initially begun. Her baseline PTT, before heparin therapy, is prolonged at 68 seconds
Further laboratory studies determine that she has the lupus anticoagulant. What test should be used to monitor her heparin therapy? a. PTT b. PTT after first adding antithrombin to her plasma c. Chromogenic anti-Xa assay d. TT after first making a 1:10 dilution of the patient plasma