Glaucoma occurs in 30% of adults over the age of 40
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
FALSE
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You are dispatched to the local elementary school for an injured student. Upon arrival you find that two 7-year-olds got into a fight and one of them jabbed a pencil in the other's cheek. The pencil is still sticking out of the child's cheek. When you examine the patient, you cannot see the end of the pencil that went through the cheek, as it appears to be stuck in the palate. There is not
significant bleeding, and the child is not having any difficulty breathing. The child is very upset and wants you to pull the pencil out. What should you do? A) Stabilize the object, but do not try to remove it. B) Call the parents and see what they want you to do. C) Remove the object and put a bandage on the outside of the cheek. D) Let the child carefully pull the object out.
Which of the following statements about fire-gas detectors is MOST accurate?
A. Fire-gas detectors are also called visible products-of-combustion detectors. B. Fire-gas detectors initiate alarm signals faster than any other type of detector. C. Fire-gas detectors can be designed to be sensitive to only gases produced by hostile fires. D. For general detection, fire-gas detectors monitor levels of hydrogen chloride and hydrogen cyanide in the air.
Which of the following agents is a parasympatholytic used in cardiac resuscitation for asystole?
a. Epinephrine b. Magnesium c. Atropine d. Vasopressin
The greatest risk factor for contracting HIV infection is ____.
A. using public toilets B. drawing blood from an infected person C. engaging in unprotected sexual activity D. swimming in polluted water E. eating undercooked meat