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After seeing a patient with c-diff, which of the following is the most appropriate method for  cleaning equipment. 

An individual who recently experienced a myocardial infarction has been evaluated by the OT and is currently receiving occupational therapy intervention. A primary concern of the cardiac team is to prevent “overexertion” in therapy. What is the BEST way to address this concern?

Autonomic Dysreflexia is considered an abnormal response to a noxious stimulus that results in an extreme rise in blood pressure, pounding headache, and profuse sweating that is deemed a medical emergency. What is the appropriate immediate action that must be taken to address this condition?

You are working with a patient in the hospital who has COPD. You notice that he is demonstrating SOB upon arriving to his room, therefore, you take his vital signs. His oxygen saturation reads 88% and his respiration rate is 22 breaths per min. Which of the following is a normal respiration rate and oxygen saturation?

 In the early 1900s, occupational therapy focused on handicrafts and work activities. Which of the following is not considered a handicraft or work activity?

      A rocket, initially at rest, is fired vertically with an upward acceleration of 11 m/s2. At an altitude of 500 meters, the engine of the rocket cuts off. What maximum height above the ground does the rocket achieve?

 A box has the dimensions shown.  What is its volume in cubic centimeters (cm3)? (Select closest answer.  Note: 1 inch = 2.54 cm)

The grey figure above is a uniform sheet. Find the location of its center of mass.

A 3 kg block is dragged over a displacement of 2 meters by a constant force P acting at an angle of 37o above the horizontal as shown.  The surface is rough, and a constant frictional force f  opposes the motion.  What work was done by the frictional force f during this displacement?

  Extra Credit for 5 pts):  A  light spring is placed between blocks of masses m1 and m2 on a frictionless surface, as shown.  The blocks are pushed together, compressing the spring a distance of 15 cm, and held there.  The blocks are then released from rest.  After the blocks lose contact with the spring ends, m1 has a speed of 3 m/s.  What is the force constant, k, of the spring?  Show and explain all work!