A weak femoral pulse in an 8-month-old infant with a 2-day history of vomiting and diarrhea indicates:

A person is said to be obese when he or she is ________ or more over his or her ideal weight.

When treating a 56-year-old female with chest pain, you have placed on her oxygen, established IV access, and administered two doses of sublingual nitroglycerin. However, the patient’s pain has not improved. You reassess her blood pressure and note that it is 106/66 mm Hg. You should:

You arrive at the scene where an older man inadvertently overdosed on his blood pressure medication. He is unresponsive with shallow respirations. The patient’s wife is unavailable. You should:

A 38-year-old male with an inguinal hernia complains of increased pain and nausea. He tells you that he has been able to reduce the hernia himself in the past, but it will not reduce today. This patient is at greatest risk for:

The method of medication administration that involves placing a hollow needle into the medullary cavity, where medication is absorbed through the medullary vasculature would be:

The skin of an elderly person is more susceptible to injury from even minor trauma because of a decrease in:

Drugs that attach to a receptor and counteract the effects of something else are called:

When treating an anxious and uncooperative patient with chest pain, you state, “If you don’t settle down, I am going to put a large IV in your arm.” What is this an example of?

At what period during pregnancy are the fetal lungs first capable of producing pulmonary surfactant?