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You arrive at a skilled nursing facility to care for an 89-year-old patient with an altered mental status. Staff at the facility state that the patient is being treated for a urinary tract infection, finished her antibiotics yesterday, and began acting differently this morning. The patient’s skin is hot to the touch. She has a rapid heart rate and a low blood pressure. You suspect this patient is experiencing:

Assume you are triaging patients at the scene of an MCI. Based on the following assessments, choose what color you would tag each patient:    AGE FINDINGS TRIAGE TAG COLOR 46 y/o Pt states he feels too dizzy to walk.  Respirations: 20 Cap. Refill:

Select all of the elements that must be established in a successful negligence lawsuit:

When assisting with childbirth, providing an airway for the newborn with your fingers during delivery is indicated in which of the following cases?

Assume you are triaging patients at the scene of an MCI. Based on the following assessments, choose what color you would tag each patient:    AGE FINDINGS TRIAGE TAG COLOR 46 y/o Pt states he feels too dizzy to walk.  Respirations: 20 Cap. Refill:

Special sign(s) the EMR should look for when assessing patients with injured extremities include:

Match the meaning on the left with the correct suffix on the right. 

Special sign(s) the EMR should look for when assessing patients with injured extremities include:

What effect does bradycardia have on cardiac output?

A 40-year-old woman has an injury to the midshaft humerus following a motor vehicle crash. What major joint is immediately distal to her injury?