You have assisted the patient in taking one of his nitroglycerin tablets. Five minutes later, you note the blood pressure is 108/74 mmHg. To determine if the nitroglycerin has affected the blood pressure, the EMT should:
A) take another blood pressure in five minutes.
B) compare to the baseline blood pressure.
C) ask the patient if he feels his blood pressure has changed.
D) retake the blood pressure and compare it to a normal BP of 120/80 mmHg.
B
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A) Insert a soft catheter into the nose the same length as the distance from the patient's nose to the tip of his ear. B) Place the patient on his side and gently insert a rigid-tip catheter 1 inch into each nostril starting with the right. C) Insert the soft catheter through the nose past the base of the tongue. D) Irrigate the nostrils with water to thin and loosen the blood prior to suctioning with a rigid catheter.
A patient admitted to the hospital with thrombosis is given the standard heparin dosage. Twenty-four hours after the heparin is started, the PTT is 38 seconds (reference range, 25 to 37 seconds). Both normal and abnormal controls are within their limits. Which of the following is most likely?
A) laboratory error B) patient has low antithrombin C) heparin-induced thrombocytopenia D) patient should be switched to low–molecular-weight heparin (LMWH)