You are reviewing a prehospital care report for a patient with altered mental status that occurred after he took too much insulin. Based on this information, you should assume that at the time of EMS contact, the patient's blood sugar level was probably:

Respiratory rate relates to age in in that it

a. decreases with age. b. increases with age. c. decreases from infancy through childhood and then increases. d. remains the same throughout life.

A patient's white blood cells (WBCs) are counted on an automated cell counter 10 times. The mean white count is 8000/mL, and the standard deviation (SD) is 300. What is the coefficient of variation (CV)?

a. 0.04% b. 2.6% c. 3.8% d. 26%