The term “hyphema” is defined as:

You arrive at a local nursing home to find your 73-year-old male patient unconscious in his bed. Staff says that the patient is normally alert and talkative, and he has been complaining of general malaise and body aches for the past five days. Vital signs are BP 110/60, P 140, R 22, SpO2 91% on room air, and temp of 101.6° F. The patient’s ECG is shown below. Capnography value is 28 mmHg. The patient had laboratory blood-work done this morning which is also shown below. Your partner has placed the patient on 100% oxygen via non-rebreather mask and obtained vascular access. Your treatments should include     Parameter Value Sodium 150 mEq/L Potassium 4.9 mEq/L Chloride 104 mEq/L Bicarbonate 25.8 mEq/L Creatinine 24 mg/dL BUN 26 mg/dL Glucose 130 mg/dL WBCs 26,500 Hemoglobin 17 g/dL Hematocrit 58% Platelets 204,000 Serum Lactate 4.81 mmol/L

Your patient is a 45-year-old male complaining of a sudden onset of right-sided stabbing chest pain and shortness-of-breath. Earlier this week he had experienced some unilateral lower calf pain. Vital signs are BP 140/80, P 124, and R 28. His skin is warm and dry and you hear some expiratory wheezing in the area of chest pain. You suspect

A patient who presents with rapid breathing, nausea and vomiting, ringing in the ears, and hyperthermia should be suspected of ingesting a significant quantity of:

Following direct trauma to the upper part of the anterior neck, a young male presents with labored breathing, loss of voice, and subcutaneous emphysema in the soft tissues around his neck. You should suspect a(n):

You are assessing a young male who was stung on the leg by a scorpion. He is conscious and alert, his breathing is regular and unlabored, and his blood pressure is 122/64 mm Hg. Assessment of his leg reveals a wheal surrounded by an area of redness. He states that he had a “bad reaction” the last time he was stung by a scorpion, and carries his own epinephrine auto-injector. You should:

The reaction order for nitrogen monoxide, NO, for the chemical reaction represented by the following rate law is 2.  rate = k2

Andrew visits his physician and the physician notes that he has a rash and a temperature of 102 degrees Fahrenheit. He also informs the physician that he has been experiencing bouts of nausea but not vomiting. These factors would be considered:

On a 12-Lead ECG, which of the following imitators of infarct normally has a widened QRS-complex?

After administering activated charcoal to a patient, it is most important to: