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sarasara

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You are called for an elderly woman who has slipped on the ice. On arrival you find her supine on an icy sidewalk and responsive to painful stimuli with decorticate posturing (flexion). She has blood coming from a laceration on the back of her head and is breathing agonally at 4 times a minute. Which one of the following should you do immediately?
 
  A) Start positive pressure ventilation.
  B) Insert a nasal airway.
  C) Perform the jaw-thrust airway maneuver.
  D) Remove the patient to the warm ambulance.

Question 2

The most common form of bone disease is:
 
  A) osteoporosis.
  B) osteomyelitis.
  C) rheumatoid arthritis.
  D) osteoarthritis.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A


sarasara

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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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