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The cartilaginous projection just in front of the ear’s outer opening is known as which of the following?

Your patient has a sudden drop of urine production to just less than 400 ml per day. This would BEST be described as:

You are providing care for a patient whom you discover, during your primary (initial) assessment, is vomiting copious amounts of bright red blood. Which of the following should be your HIGHEST concern?

Which of the following endocrine conditions will MOST likely require advance life support to transport emergency mode due to life-threatening complications associated with it?

Which of the following is a common causative agent of Acute Gastroenteritis (AGE)?

What is the most common complication of urinary bladder catheterization?

You assess an elderly patient with abdominal pain. Vital signs are within normal ranges, abdominal pain in the lower midline area of the epigastrium, denial of chest pain, no bowel movements for several days, and the patient is taking several medications, including Morphine and Vicodin for arthritis. What would the MOST probable field impression be for this patient? 

You are assessing a 27-year-old female who is complaining of severe abdominal pain. Which of the following should you view as a worst-case scenario as you develop your differential diagnosis?

During assessment of a 15-year-old with abdominal pain, the patient refuses to let the rescuers check the stomach because of the pain. What is the BEST response to the situation?

Which of the following gastroenterological disease processes results from the formation of granulomas of the mucosal lining and then fibrosis and hypertrophy of the muscles underlying the submucosa?