On your sleeping patient's 12-lead EKG, Lead I's waves and complexes are extremely jittery—completely unreadable—as are aVR's. The most likely cause of this is
A) heart is on the right side of the body instead of the left.
B) patient has an arrhythmia.
C) gain is set too low.
D) right arm electrode or patch is loose or off.
D
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A) Prescription drugs B) Hospital check-in procedures C) Generic drugs D) Non-vaccine biological products
Your patient is a three-year-old female who is unresponsive from ingesting several tablets of a tricyclic antidepressant. You are transporting her to the nearest hospital, which is 30 minutes away. Due to the child's lack of a gag reflex, you are preparing to intubate. If time allows before attempting laryngoscopy, you should have an assistant ventilate the child with 100 percent oxygen for:
A) 30 seconds. B) 2 minutes. C) 5 minutes. D) 1 minute.