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sheilaspns

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Your elderly patient shows you his list of medications and tells you what he takes them for. You should also ask:
 
  A) Who is your physician?
  B) Are you taking all of them as prescribed?
  C) Do you share your medications with your wife?
  D) How often do you have your prescriptions refilled?

Question 2

You are accompanying a team of hikers climbing a high mountain. In the morning, you are summoned to a tent and find one of the climbers confused and complaining of a headache. His airway is patent and respirations adequate. He has no medical history and was in good health until found this morning by his friend. Suspicious of high-altitude cerebral edema (HACE), you should do which one of the following?
 
  A) Immobilize the patient.
  B) Provide high-concentration oxygen.
  C) Insert an oropharyngeal airway.
  D) Administer oral glucose.


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nathang24

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

B

Answer to Question 2

B


sheilaspns

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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
Gracias!

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:D TYSM

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