A patient falls forward and hits their chin on the edge of a table. What mechanism of spinal cord injury does the nurse expect based upon the mechanism of injury?

One factor that identifies a police shooting as “suicide by cop” is that the suicidal subject must confront law enforcement to the degree that the officer or officers are compelled to react with deadly force to defend themselves or others from serious bodily injury or death.

Anaphylactic shock that results in death is usually due to what conditions?

What case replaced Frye regarding the admissibility of scientific testimony?

What is the term indicating that a prosecutor in a criminal case must produce some evidence to justify moving a case forward?

Challenges to jurors that require a justification are called challenges __________.

I have read the Exam Procedures in the Syllabus and have been provided an explanation. I understand that any violation of the exam procedures will be considered cheating and therefore subject to the cheating, plagiarism, fabrication, and collusion course policy as outlined in the course syllabus.

I understand that I may not have any resources such as notes, textbooks or  devices while taking an exam, and that having any is a violation of exam procedures and therefore subject to the cheating, plagiarism, fabrication, and collusion course policy as outlined in the course syllabus.

A patient arrives to the Emergency Department in cardiac arrest and CPR is underway, but paramedics were unable to obtain IV access. What is the best next action to secure a site for medication administration during a code blue?

At 1100 the driver of a vehicle involved in a motor vehicle crash is admitted. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) reports it was a difficult extrication on scene as the steering wheel was pushed into patient’s chest. The assessment data are below:   Time Lung Sounds Heart Sounds BP HR O2 Sat Cardiac Index   1100 Clear to all fields, equal bilaterally S1, S2 145/85 102 96 4.5L/min/m2   1200 Clear to all fields, equal bilaterally S1, S2, Muffled 80/68 132 82 1.6L/min/m2   An arterial line was placed at 1200 and the nurse notes that the patient’s systolic blood pressure drops 15 mmHg with each inspiration. Which condition is represented by the history and table above?