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cagreen833

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Age affects the drug-response relationship because:
 
  a. infants and the elderly have less body fat.
  b. the digestive process in infants and the elderly is not as efficient.
  c. medication noncompliance occurs frequently in the elderly.
  d. the liver and kidney functions of the elderly have begun to deteriorate.

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In caring for a 27-year-old male who has a large laceration on his anterior forearm, you have noticed that your pressure dressing has become saturated with blood. Which of the following should you do next?
 
  A) Remove the saturated dressings and apply a large trauma dressing.
  B) Apply an ice pack over the original dressing.
  C) Apply additional dressing material over the top of the original dressing and bandage it in place.
  D) Apply a tourniquet.


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mjenn52

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

d

Answer to Question 2

C


cagreen833

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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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