You are assessing a 4-year-old patient whose panicked mother states that she cannot wake him. The child is breathing but his eyes are closed. To best determine the child's mental status, you should first:
A) Apply pressure to the child's nail beds
B) Say loudly, "Open your eyes!"
C) Ask the mother how long the child has been asleep
D) Identify the child as unresponsive
D) Identify the child as unresponsive
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1. Carbon monoxide poisoning 2. Respiratory or cardiac arrest 3. Severe trauma 4. Cyanide poisoning a. 1 and 4 only b. 2 and 3 only c. 1, 2, 3, and 4 d. 1, 2, and 4 only
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V1 through V6 are the
A) frontal leads. B) augmented leads. C) precordial leads. D) bipolar leads.
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