All of the following are examples of man-made disasters EXCEPT:
a. chemical or radiation release
b. hurricane
c. infrastructure incidents
d. transportation accidents
b
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When massage is used to reduce the symptoms and discomfort of a disease for a terminally ill patient, it is considered ________ care
A) palliative B) integrated C) clinical D) direct
Your patient states that she feels nauseated. She is describing a:
A. suspicion. B. sign. C. symptom. D. diagnosis.
While monitoring a patient's cardiac rhythm, you note that there is no electrical activity after a PQRST complex for a period equal to exactly three of the previous R-R intervals. This is most accurately described as:
A) sinus arrest. B) sinus pause. C) sinus arrhythmia. D) sinus block.
You have been called for a 49-year-old man with chest pain. The patient states that he usually takes nitroglycerin, but it is in his car in a nearby parking lot. His friend states that he also takes nitroglycerin and hands you his bottle of nitroglycerin. Given the patient's condition, what is your next BEST action?
A) Administer half a pill of the friend's nitroglycerin. B) Ask the friend to get the patient's nitroglycerin. C) Have the patient get his nitroglycerin from the car. D) Administer the friend's nitroglycerin.