What are some signs of ill health?
Any frothing or foaming at the mouth or around the nose, or running at the eyes, would indicate an
unhealthy animal. If the animal shows bite wounds or marks of other injuries, these should be healed and
scarred over. One should avoid purchasing animals with open wounds, wounds that are seeping, or wounds
that do not appear to be healing. A turtle that is sick will usually drag the rear of its shell on the ground
instead of carrying the shell horizontally off the ground. Aquatic turtles that are sick may lean to one side
when in the water. Look carefully for parasites. Avoid animals that appear to be heavily infested.
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It is relatively normal for a client to feel a scratching sensation during the application of the skin dragging technique
a. True b. False
You are caring for a male patient who was ejected from the passenger side of a vehicle that was traveling at a high rate of speed when it left the roadway and overturned several times. During your primary assessment, you note the patient to have blood in the airway, rapid and shallow breathing, an absent radial pulse, and a weak and rapid carotid pulse. You also visualize that his left leg is severely injured, with gross visible angulations from suspected multiple fractures. Your partner is triaging the other occupants of the vehicle and you can hear the wail of the arriving fire department vehicles. Given this situation, what should you do first?
A) Straighten the leg to minimize internal bleeding and then tend to the ABCs B) Hold manual cervical spine motion restriction until the fire department EMTs arrive at your side C) Initiate positive pressure ventilation without oxygen until the fire department EMTs can bring you an oxygen tank D) Suction the airway with a hand-operated suction machine while trying to minimize cervical spine motion
The respiratory therapist observes the following pressure-time and flow-time scalars following a patient being intubated and placed on a mechanical ventilator using volume ventilation. The most appropriate action is which of the following?
a. Increase the set flow rate. b. Switch to pressure control. c. Increase the set tidal volume. d. Change to a decelerating flow pattern.
Add the following fractions and mixed numbers. Express answers as a mixed number when possible and in the lowest terms
1/2 + 3/4 + 7/8 = __________ Fill in the blank(s) with correct word