A nonimaging nuclear medicine probe of the brain using Xenon 133 radiocuclide is reported with code C050YZZ

You have been dispatched for a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) are on scene. In your community all EMS practitioners are trained according to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. Which one of the following do you expect the EMRs to be providing?

A) Emergency medication administration B) Automated external defibrillation C) Intravenous (IV) therapy D) Reading an electrocardiogram (ECG)

Which of the following causes a shift to the right on the oxygen dissociation curve?

a. Severe anemia b. Alkalosis c. High levels of Hb F d. Decreased levels of 2,3-biphosphoglycerate (2,3-BPG)