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During a malignant hyperthermia crisis, the surgical technologist might perform each of the following tasks EXCEPT

The term anesthesia means without

Short response: be as accurate as possible in your response T.L. is a 34-year-old female who complains of abdominal cramping, severe vomiting and diarrhea for four days. She denies seeing any bright red blood orcoffee-ground material in her vomitus. She has a fever of 102.1 and her heart rate is 108. An IV has been started and the physician plans to admit her overnight for rehydration. She states that her husband had similar symptoms over a week ago.You have received her ABG results. How would you interpret them? PaO2: 98 pH: 7.56 PaCO2: 40 HCO3: 32

What is the normal range for serum potassium?

Cardiac arrhythmias are often seen in surgical patients with imbalances of which of the following electrolytes?

Bacteria are classified as Prokaryotes because they do not have fully developed nuclei.

Short response: be as accurate as possible in your response. J.K. is a 71-year-old male with a history of a myocardial infarction and subsequent CABG two years ago. He was admitted to the emergency department this evening with SOB as his chief complaint. He is prescribed digoxin, lasix, potassium, and coumadin, but hasn’t taken any of his medicines since he ran out a week ago. He is severely dyspneic. On auscultation, you hear crackles throughout his lungs as well as an S3 gallop. You suspect that he is having an exacerbation of CHF. His ABG’s are shown below. How would you interpret them? PaO2: 68 pH: 7.21 PaCO2: 52 HCO3: 23  

Rapid IV administration of a concentrated dose of medication is known as

Match the following terms related to cancer.

Which procedure is performed to remove a blood clot?