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You are staffing an information booth at the county fair when a mother and her 15-year-old son approach. The mother informs you that her son is severely allergic to bee stings and had an epinephrine auto-injector prescribed to him when he was 5 years old. She hands you the 0.15 mg auto-injector and notes that it expired several years ago. Which one of the following statements would be most appropriate for you to make?
 
  A) Call your doctor as soon as possible for a new injector because this one is out of date.
  B) We have some on the ambulance. I can get you one until you are able to get a new one from your doctor.
  C) Make sure to call the doctor since this is out of date. Also ask him if he wants to add a steroid to the injector.
  D) Call your doctor to get a new injector and ask him if he wants to change the dose.

Question 2

When performing the primary assessment of a conscious adult, you typically palpate which pulse first?
 
  A) Carotid
  B) Femoral
  C) Radial
  D) Brachial


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EAN94

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

D

Answer to Question 2

C


serike

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Reply #2 on: Jul 3, 2018
Thank you :)


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