You and your partner arrive at the side of a 60-year-old woman who collapsed about 7 minutes ago. she is unresponsive, apneic, and pulseless. you should: select one: a. begin cpr at a compression to ventilation ratio of 15: 2. b. apply the aed if there is no response after 10 cycles of cpr. c. begin cpr and apply the aed as soon as it is available. d. immediately apply the aed and analyze her cardiac rhythm.

Which term matches this definition? treating all human blood and other potentially infectious material, as if known to be infectious, for bloodborne pathogens. a. exposure control plan b. engineering controls c. universal precautions d. personal protective equipment

During the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, the mentally ill were housed in

The parents of a 9-year-old girl bring their daughter to the ed. for the last 12 hours, the child has suffered severe nausea and vomiting, as well as diarrhoea and abdominal cramps. further discussion with the child indicates that she suffers from blurred vision and headache. the parents originally were worried about bringing the child to the ed because they feared deportation since the family are illegal immigrants employed to pick strawberries on a nearby farm. on direct questionning, the parents admit that the child was assisting with spraying crops with pesticides the previous day. none of the family members was wearing any protecting clothing. her bp is 88/48 mmhg, pulse is 90/min, rr 33/min, temp 38 c. the child appears sweaty and confused. auscultation of the lungs reveals a diffuse wheeze bilaterally. pupils are miotic and the child has diffuse muscle weakness. which of the following interventions is the most appropriate treatment? - atropine- charcoal- glucagon- naloxone- exposure: consider organophosphate poisoning, which inhibits cholinesterase and results in accumulation of ach in both muscarinic and nicotinic sites. pralidoxime activates achatropine competes with ach only at muscarinic receptors, but will not reverse nicotinic effectscharcoal = gastric decontaminationglucagon = reverse beta-blocker overdosenaloxone = reverse effects of opioids