The nurse is accompanying a group of older adults on a July 4th outing for heat prostration. Older adults are heat-intolerant because of an age-related reduction of:
a. melanin.
b. perspiration.
c. body temperature.
d. capillary fragility.
Question 2
When a patient asks what can be done to neutralize the free radicals in his system, the nurse responds that antioxidant therapy is thought to inhibit free radicals. Antioxidants include ___________________ _______. (Select all that apply.)
a. fruits.
b. vegetables.
c. organ meat.
d. folic acid.
e. vitamin D.
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(A) Each bronchiole terminates in an alveolar sac, a group of alveoli; (B) alveoli encased by networ
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Mechanisms of Heat Transfer
Heat Loss by the Body