Define acceleration and deceleration

What will be an ideal response?


Acceleration is an increase in velocity. Deceleration is a decrease in velocity.

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You are scheduled to give a presentation on cold-related emergencies to an OEC class. In preparing the talk, which of the following points should you emphasize?

a. Prevention of heat loss is crucial in the care of all cold injury patients. b. Of the two types of cold-related injuries, a local cold injury, or frostbite, is more life threatening because it can result in the loss of fingers, toes, arms, or legs. c. Coma or unresponsiveness in a patient suffering a cold-related injury is actually protective because it decreases the body's energy requirements. d. A cold-related emergency becomes critical when body temperature falls below 80°F because at that point the body loses the ability to regulate its temperature.

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Selecting the patient files that are least likely to be needed and storing them in another place or format is called:

A) archiving. B) inactivating. C) remoting. D) All of the above E) None of the above

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As people acquire large screen, HD televisions for their homes, stadium managers are trying to maintain attendance at games by

A. making the stadium experience like the home viewing experience. B. dropping ticket prices and giving season ticket holders free seat upgrades. C. hiring more cheerleaders who are assigned to certain seat sections. D. banning all hand held media devices from stadiums.

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Dr. Thompson ordered one milligram of medication per kilogram of body weight. The patient, Mary, weighs 75 kilograms. How many milligrams of medication should Mary receive?

a. 1 mg b. 7.5 mg c. 37.5 mg d. 75 mg

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