Which of the following describes MedWatch?
It is a service established by AARP to monitor polypharmacy in elderly adults
It is a reporting program available to health care providers to report adverse events that pose serious health threats
It is a device that signals when another IV bag needs to be hung in an institution
It is a reporting program available to pharmacies indicating physicians who may be overprescribing narcotics
It is a reporting program available to health care providers to report adverse events that pose serious health threats
Rationale: MedWatch is a reporting program available to health care providers to report adverse events that pose serious health threats. It also is used to voluntarily report medical products that may be harmful.
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A 32-year-old man who was stung by a bee has diffuse hives, facial swelling, and difficulty breathing. When he breathes, you hear audible stridor. What does this indicate?m
A) Swelling of the upper airway structures B) Swelling of the lower airway structures C) Narrowing of the two mainstem bronchi D) Narrowing of the bronchioles in the lungs
Primary principle of joint arthrokinematics stating that, in joints that contain concave and convex joint surfaces, when the bone with the concave surface moves, the joint surface moves in the same direction as that bone; when the bone with the
convex joint surface moves, the joint surface always moves in the opposite direction from that bone.