In the United States, the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) is monitored by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and includes information related to births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, and divorces.

What is a contraindication?

A. Any disease, illness, or ill health that is separate from the presenting problem but that occurs at the same time as the presenting problem B. A pathological development that is not an inherent part of the presenting problem but that occurs in a patient during the management of a patient's presenting problem C. The worsening in severity of a disease, syndrome, or any symptoms D. Any physiologic, diagnostic, or medical reasons that indicate that a specific medication, therapy, treatment, or plan of care would be undesirable, unwise, or impossible to prescribe for a patient's health

For an inferosuperior axial shoulder projection,

1. the patient's shoulder is elevated on a sponge or washcloth. 2. the patient's head is tilted and rotated toward the affected shoulder. 3. the patient's affected arm is externally rotated. 4. a 30- to 35-degree central ray to lateral body surface angle is used if the arm is abducted at a 90-degree angle to the torso. a. 1 and 2 only b. 2 and 3 only c. 1, 3, and 4 only d. 1, 2, 3, and 4