Which is the provisional or tentative diagnosis upon which initial patient care is based?

a. admitting diagnosis
b. discharge diagnosis
c. final diagnosis
d. principal diagnosis

a

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When assessing the chest of a patient who was shot multiple times, you find a gunshot wound to the third intercostal space on the left lateral chest. What should you do immediately?

A) Check for equality of breath sounds B) Initiate positive pressure ventilation with oxygen C) Roll the patient and look for an exit wound D) Cover the opening with a gloved hand

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The name for the study of what the body does to a drug is called ________.

A. pharmacognosy B. pharmacokinetics C. pharmacotherapeutics D. toxicology E. pharmacodynamics

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