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An 89-year-old female with dementia who is being cared for by her daughter has fallen and exhibits deformity to her left upper arm. As you attempt to splint her arm, she continually screams and pulls away from you. After several attempts, your best course of action should be to:
 
  A) contact advanced life support for assistance.
  B) have the daughter help apply the splint.
  C) transport without a splint and document that splinting was attempted.
  D) gently restrain the patient and apply the splint.

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While monitoring a patient's cardiac rhythm, you note that there is no electrical activity after a PQRST complex for a period equal to exactly three of the previous R-R intervals. This is most accurately described as:
 
  A) sinus arrest.
  B) sinus pause.
  C) sinus arrhythmia.
  D) sinus block.
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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
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Reply 2 on: Jul 2, 2018
:D TYSM

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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