A(n) _____ orogastric tube would the most appropriate size for a 4 year old child.

Your EMS team is dispatched to care for a 39-year-old female with difficulty breathing. She is awake and appears restless and apprehensive. She tells you she had sudden onset of shortness of breath and a “sense of doom” while typing on her computer keyboard. Her vital signs are: blood pressure 148/92; radial pulse is strong at 124 Beats per minute; respiratory rate is 36 per minute and shallow. Her skin is pale, cool, and dry. She denies having chest pain or any health problems.During your interview, you find that the patient takes birth control pills and has had left calf tenderness for two days with no history of trauma to the area. This information leads you to suspect

Pain that originates in a region other than where it is felt is known as

Stroke, or brain attack, can be compared to a heart attack in that

You are called to attend to a 61-year-old female complaining of headache, vomiting, abdominal pain, and loss of coordination. She has recently been using a gas home-heating device to warm up her bedroom. Her sister lives next door and they always eat every meal together. The patient cannot get out of bed saying she is too tired. She appears to be sleeping now.Upon assessing the patient, you note that she can speak clearly, slowly moves all extremities, and has a blood pressure of 164/86, pulse regular at 104, respiratory rate at 18 with normal effort. She has not eaten sine last evening when she ate dinner with her sister. Her sister, however, feels fine.The patient’s condition suggests

Your EMS unit is called to attend to a 79-year-old female who experienced an abrupt onset of facial drooping, dysphasia, and marked hemiparesis. Upon examination, she is now alert and oriented, speech clear, and moves all extremities well. Vital signs are normal. Your assessment findings lead you to suspect

The process of gas exchange between the alveoli and the pulmonary capillary bed is termed

Which of the following statements about delirium tremens is false?

A patient’s glucometer reads 66. You may encounter all of the following symptoms of hypoglycemia except

A 66-year-old female, is unable to get out of bed. She responds to verbal stimuli with clear speech, her smile is asymmetrical, she cannot move her left leg, and weakly moves her left arm. Her skin is warm but pale. Vital signs are: BP 162/88, pulse 110 beats per minute and irregular, respiratory rate 22 per minute with lung sounds clear bilaterally. A blood glucose reading is 130 mg/dl. The cardiac monitor shows a very irregular, narrow complex tachycardia with no identifiable P waves.Damage to what body system is affecting movement of the left side of her body?