Your patient is a 68-year-old male complaining of difficulty breathing for two days. He is sitting up, conscious, alert, and oriented and appears to be in mild respiratory distress. Physical examination reveals cool, dry, pink skin; he is thin with well-defined accessory muscles, and you note diffuse wheezing to all lung fields. HR = 102, BP = 136/96, RR = 20, SaO2 = 92. The patient gives a 20-pack-a-year history of smoking. These findings are most typical of:
A) emphysema.
B) asthma.
C) chronic bronchitis.
D) congestive heart failure.
Question 2
The best way to manage radio communications when you are driving is to:
A) clip the portable radio microphone to your right shoulder.
B) keep the microphone in your right hand and keep both hands on the steering wheel.
C) steer with the left hand and hold the radio microphone with the right hand.
D) have your partner use the radio while you drive.
Male fruit fly (Drosophila Melanogaster) on a blade of grass.
Chrysocyon brachyurus sitting
A patient examination room should be simple and efficiently designed.
Procedures and Diagnostic Tests Related to the Male Reproductive System
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