Your patient was involved in a serious motor-vehicle collision. Which one of the following assessment findings BEST helps to determine that the patient has a flail segment?
A) Paradoxical chest wall movement
B) Pain with inspiration
C) SpO2 reading lower than 90 percent
D) Shortness of breath
A
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A) It aids the generation of engineered therapeutic proteins, offering advantages over the native protein products. B) It resolves moral and legal questions regarding the use of stem cells from human embryos. C) It provides an alternative to direct extraction from inappropriate or dangerous source materials. D) It addresses the problems of product safety.
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A suction catheter long enough to reach a mainstem bronchus should be what length?
a. 22 cm (8.7 inches) b. 25 cm (9.8 inches) c. 46 cm (18 inches) d. 56 cm (22 inches)
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