When using your portable radio, you must push the ‘press to talk' button and wait one second to before speaking. This is essential to effective communication because your system MUST use:

A throat culture provides the following results:

Moderate growth of alpha-hemolytic, catalase-negative, optochin-susceptible, gram-positive diplococci Heavy growth of alpha-hemolytic, catalase-negative, optochin-resistant, gram-positive cocci Heavy growth of gamma-hemolytic, oxidase-positive, glucose- and maltose-positive, gram diplococci You would report A) heavy growth of Streptococcus pneumoniae and heavy growth of normal upper respiratory flora. B) heavy growth of Neisseria meningitidis and heavy growth of normal upper respiratory flora. C) heavy growth of normal upper respiratory flora. D) moderate growth of Streptococcus pneumoniae and heavy growth of normal upper respiratory flora.

The ALARA concept implies that:

a. any radiation dose that can be reduced without major difficulty, great expense, or inconvenience, should be reduced or eliminated. b. if a radiation dose cannot be reduced without major difficulty, great expense, or inconvenience, then no radiographs should be exposed. c. radiation dosages slightly above the acceptable level of risk are acceptable only in emergency treatment situations. d. fewer radiographs should be taken only if a radiation dose cannot be reduced due to major difficulty, inconvenience, and great expense.