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Match the following types of fractures with their definition.

A patient stumbles through the door just as the office opens, and the provider is not in. He says he experienced a sharp blow to the stomach, is holding his abdomen, and then pitches forward and falls on the floor in the waiting room. As you go to the patient, you see he is not responding but has a rapid and weak pulse and shallow breathing. What is the next thing you do?

How should articles for sterilization in the autoclave be wrapped?

Tympanic thermometers are used to measure body temperature at what part of the body?

Which of the following types of shock might occur if a person who has a hypersensitivity to a sting is not seen by a physician immediately?

Which of the following are emergency situations that require first priority assessments?

Which of the following is not a requirement in order to obtain accurate blood pressure? 

Which of the following types of shock might occur if a person who has a hypersensitivity to a sting is not seen by a physician immediately?

Which of the following is most appropriate of the medical assistant in responding to an emergency situation?

Which of the following is a common way to accidentally come in contact with blood and body fluids?