A physician assesses a patient's _______, or the way she walks, by asking the patient to walk away, turn around, and walk back. 

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

gait
A person's gait is the way she walks.

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You are called for a patient who is complaining of being weak and dizzy. He reports that he does not have enough money to pay for his medications so he has not gotten them refilled. Your service has an automatic blood pressure machine and you use it to measure the patient's blood pressure while you count his respirations. The blood pressure machine reports a blood pressure of 280/140. What should

you do next? A) Take a manual blood pressure. B) Call immediately for ALS response. C) Begin transport immediately. D) Continue with vital sign assessment.

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Through a point on the ala-tragus line below the outer cantus of the eye toward the center of the image receptor describes the recommended point of entry of the central ray of the x-ray beam for which of the following occlusal radiographs?

a. Maxillary anterior topographical b. Maxillary posterior topographical c. Mandibular anterior topographical d. Mandibular posterior topographical

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