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Before beginning an intubation procedure, the practitioner should check and confirm the operation of which of the following? Laryngoscope light source Endotracheal tube cuff Suction equipment Ambu bag (BVM) Cardiac defibrillator

The best secondary confirmation method of endotracheal tube placement is auscultating both lungs.

Which of the following statements is FALSE about methods used to displace the epiglottis during oral intubation?  

Predisposing factors which would increase the incidence of complications related to tracheal intubation include which of the following? 12-day duration of intubation Use of a size 5.5 I.D. ETT on a 6-year-old patient Traumatic intubation Use of an uncuffed ETT on a 3-year-old patient

An externality is internalized if the parties that generate the externalities incorporate the external costs and/or benefits of their actions into their own private cost‑benefit calculations. This can be achieved by several means. Which one is not one of corrective devices for a market failure?    

Externalities arise because someone consumes something that has an external benefit or cost for others (1)___________(True/False) Externalities arise because someone produces something that has an external benefit or cost for others (2)___________(True/False)

Some public goods are rivalrous (1)__________ (True/False)  A public good is (2)_________(excludable/nonexcludable)  if it is impossible, or prohibitively costly, to exclude someone from obtaining the benefits of the good after it has been produced.  A public good is (3)_________(excludable/nonexcludable) if it is possible, or not prohibitively costly, to exclude someone from obtaining the benefits of the good after it has been produced.

Marginal social cost (MSC)  Marginal private cost (MPC)  Marginal external cost (MEC) Marginal social benefits (MSB)  Marginal private benefits (MPB)  Marginal external benefits (MEB) Marginal social cost (MSC) is __________________

 Based on IMViC Test slide for normal flora- Please test yor knowledge. K.pnuemoniae is _________ fermenter.

One reason for market failure is when externalities are present. (1)__________ (True or False) Sometimes, the production and consumption of goods create side effects, or spillovers, that impact people who are not directly involved in the market transactions. These side effects are known as externalities (2) ___________ (True or False).