The action of the thyroid hormones includes all of the following EXCEPT one. Which one is the exception?

You are assessing a young male patient who is responsive to painful stimuli and not breathing after a fall while rock climbing. His pulse is weak and thready, and his skin is cool and diaphoretic. When addressing his airway and breathing, you must immediately:

a. administer oxygen at 15 LPM with a nonrebreather mask. b. perform the jaw-thrust maneuver and reassess his breathing. c. immobilize him on a long spine board and then start artificial ventilations. d. open his airway using the head tilt-chin lift maneuver and begin ventilations with the bag-valve mask.

The respiratory therapist heard a pleural friction rub while performing a chest assessment on a patient with a lung abscess. What does this likely indicate?

a. The lungs are hyperinflated. b. Hemoptysis has developed. c. The abscess is located near the pleural surface. d. A pneumothorax has developed.