List the three functions of the x-ray tube anode.
What will be an ideal response?
It serves as the target surface for the high-voltage electrons from the filament (x-ray photon source), it conducts the high voltage from the cathode back into the x-ray generator circuitry, and it serves as the primary thermal conductor.
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True or False: Professional codes of ethics specify that it is unethical/unacceptable for practitioners to disclose information about themselves to clients
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
You are on the scene of a 22-year-old female patient who is unresponsive. The patient's mother states that she is deathly allergic to peanuts and accidentally ate stir fry cooked in peanut oil. The patient is unresponsive with agonal respirations at 6 per minute. What is your first action?
A) Insert an oral airway and apply oxygen at 15 liters per minute by bag-valve mask. B) Insert an oral airway and apply oxygen at 15 liters per minute by nonrebreather mask. C) Administer epinephrine with medical control consent. D) Perform a complete assessment and confirm that the patient is actually in anaphylaxis.