When starting your education, what is the typical time frame for your professional/career goals??

A 14-year-old female has taken an excessive amount of Tylenol with codeine. Family states that they were asleep when they heard a crash and found her at the bottom of the stairs. When they asked her if she was okay, she told them that her boyfriend broke up with her and she saw no point in going on, therefore she took the overdose. As you arrive by the patient's side, you note that she is

responsive to verbal stimuli and breathing shallowly. Your first action would be to: A) open the airway with the head-tilt, chin-lift. B) determine exactly how much medication she took. C) start positive pressure ventilation with oxygen. D) take manual in-line spinal stabilization.

Which of the following are true about invasive versus noninvasive monitoring?

1. Invasive procedures require insertion of a device into the body. 2. Laboratory analysis of gas exchange is usually noninvasive in nature. 3. Physiologic monitoring can be either invasive or noninvasive. 4. Invasive procedures provide more accurate data but carry greater risks. a. 2 and 4 only b. 1, 3, and 4 only c. 2 only d. 1, 2, 3, and 4