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When assessing a patient’s response to pain, you notice that the patient is not responding to stimuli. What should you do first?

Tremors that increase as the patient’s hand gets closer to an object that they are trying to grab are what type of tremors?

Which of the following would MOST likely cause a sustained increase in intracranial pressure?

Your patient is a 57-year-old male who is alert and oriented and complaining of a slight headache. His coworker states the patient “fainted.” The patient describes feeling weak and lightheaded before the incident and “came to” lying on the floor. Medical history includes cardiovascular disease with a history of angina and hypertension. Medications include clopidogrel (Plavix), nitroglycerin, and metoprolol. Which of the following is least helpful when formulating a field impression for this patient?

Any electrical impulse that originates in the ventricles will produce:

When neurons are deprived of oxygen and glucose:

Untreated ventricular tachycardia would MOST likely deteriorate to:

Which of the following signs or symptoms are consistent with meningitis in an infant?

Which of the following is an example of receptive aphasia?

Ventricular fibrillation occurs when: