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12.  If the patient begins to vomit after surgery, you should

21. Which action should be taken if a patient’s surgical drain is leaking around the insertion site?

32. The skin surrounding a drain is usually very red.

14.  The primary reason that leg exercises are ordered after surgery is to

29. Prior to going to surgery, it is important to

40. For which reason will a patient recovering from spinal antithesis need to lie supine with out a pillow for 8-12 hours?

1. Patients frequently feel very cold after returning from surgery.

9. Immediately after the operation, the patient is usually transferred to

8. The abbreviation NPO means that the patient can

Put the steps for performing DNA fingerprint analysis of a crime scene in the correct order. I.  agarose gel electrophoresis to separate the assailant’s DNA fragments II. add radiolabelled probe to the assailant’s DNA III. use PCR to amplify DNA in the assailant’s tissue found under the fingernails of the victim IV. transfer the assailant’s DNA to nitrocellulose membrane using the Southern blot procedure V. place assailant’s DNA on X-ray film