Describe two ways the skin can help cool the body when it is too hot
What will be an ideal response?
Sweat cools the body by evaporation. Dilation of blood vessels in the dermis brings blood close to the body surface so the air can cool it.
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Which of the following is the reason why infants rarely experience anaphylactic reactions?
A) Infants have received natural immunity to allergens from their mothers before birth. B) Allergens do not affect infants. C) Infants have not yet developed antibodies to allergens. D) None of the above
You are assessing an 83-year-old female who is having hip pain. When you count her pulse you notice that the rate is irregularly irregular. What is your treatment for this patient?
A) Contact medical control for permission to have the patient transported by helicopter from the scene. B) Check distal circulation, sensory, and motor sensation, apply a pelvic wrap, place on a traction splint, and transport the patient. C) The irregularity is not a reason for concern in itself. D) Alert paramedics to respond for a possible cardiac patient.
One of the AMA medical ethics standards is "Being a law abiding citizen, but working to _________ laws that are not necessarily in the best interest of the patient."
a. uphold b. stop c. change d. carry on
Finishing strips are used to smooth which surfaces of the finished restoration?
facial and distal buccal and lingual mesial and distal incisal and lingual