A construction worker was accidentally shot with a nail gun. The nail penetrated the skull approximately ½ inch through the temporal region. Before your arrival, coworkers pulled the nail free. Based on the mechanism of injury, which sign provides the strongest evidence that the meningeal layers have been breached?
A) Blood draining from the puncture wound
B) Crepitus of the skull at the injury site
C) Deformity and depression at the injury site
D) Cerebrospinal fluid oozing from the puncture wound
D) Cerebrospinal fluid oozing from the puncture wound
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A patient has been critically hurt in a nighttime motor vehicle collision. She was wearing a seatbelt and hit a tree at 70 mph. The car she was driving weighed two tons and was equipped with airbags that did deploy. Which of the following had the greatest impact on her being injured?
A) Speed of the vehicle at impact B) Nighttime conditions C) Deployment of airbags D) Weight of the vehicle
Ribavirin is active against which of the following? 1. Tuberculosis organisms 2. Influenza virus 3. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) 4. Pneumocystis carinii organisms 5. Herpes simplex virus
a. 1 and 3 only b. 2, 3, and 5 only c. 1, 2, and 4 only d. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
3 : 5
What will be an ideal response?
Spastic cerebral palsy is coded:
A) G80.2. B) G80.0. C) G80.1. D) G80.9.