A protective curtain, or sliding panel, with a minimum of 0.25-mm lead equivalent, should nor-mally be positioned between the fluoroscopist and the patient to intercept which of the following types of radiation?
a. Primary radiation
b. Scattered radiation above the tabletop
c. Exit or image-formation radiation
d. Direct radiation
b. Scattered radiation above the tabletop
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The therapist is mechanically ventilating a patient having acute lung injury. How should the therapist expect the pulmonary compliance to change when the patient is moved from the supine position to a lateral decubitus position?
A. an increased pulmonary compliance B. a decreased pulmonary compliance C. an unpredictable change in pulmonary compliance D. an insignificant change in pulmonary compliance
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Which of the following agencies implemented the error-prone abbreviation list?
USP TJC DEA ISMP
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