You assess an infant after delivery and note that the child has a loud cry and withdraws to pain. The heart rate is 94 beats/min, the extremities are cyanotic, respirations are rapid, and the infant strongly resists your attempts to straighten the knees. Determine the Apgar score.

a. 2
b. 10
c. 8
d. 4

Ans: c. 8

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Which of the following statements about impaled objects is true?

a. Allow only the patient to pull the impaled object out because that will hurt less. b. The impaled object should be left in place during transport. c. A wound made by an impaled object always bleeds profusely. d. An impaled object never causes serious underlying tissue damage.

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Rolling in of the eyelids, which is seen in some large breed dogs, is termed:

A) inblepharo B) enblepharitis C) endothelial D) entropion

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