Your patient is the 24-year-old male victim of a drive-by shooting. He is sitting on the ground on your arrival, with his legs stretched in front of him. You note that his sweatpants are bloody below the right knee. He is alert, though complaining of right leg pain, and has adequate ventilation, as well as a radial pulse of 88. To decide if this patient should be transported quickly to a trauma center, you should consider if he meets which of the following?
A) A Glasgow Coma Scale score of at least 15
B) CDC Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients
C) A revised trauma score of at least 20
D) All of the above
B) CDC Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients
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A. Switch to PC-SIMV with PSV. B. Increase the minute ventilation control. C. Increase the inspiratory rise time. D. Adjust the flow termination criterion from 40% to 25%.
Once a smell receptor is activated, it sends the information to the brain via the olfactory nerves or ________.
A. dorphos nerve B. cranial nerve I C. optic nerve D. fovea nerve II
The testes are located in the male scrotum and produce the male hormone ________, which is essential for the normal growth and development of the male accessory sex organs.
A. secretin B. estrogen C. prolactin D. testosterone
The primary goal of a C-section (Caesarian section) is to deliver a __________ litter
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word