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Which of the following conditions has been associated with death following exposure to a TASER device?

A 59-year-old woman presents with acute onset of confusion, left-sided hemiparesis, and a right-sided facial droop. Her airway is patent and she is breathing adequately. Her blood pressure is 150/100 mm Hg and her pulse is 70 beats/min. The cardiac monitor displays atrial fibrillation with a variable rate of 60 to 90 beats/min. When obtaining the patient’s medical history from her husband, the MOST important question to ask him is:

A woman brings her 18-year-old son to your EMS station. The patient is actively seizing and, according to the mother, has been seizing for the past 10 minutes. She states that her son has a history of seizures and takes Depakote. The patient is cyanotic, is breathing erratically, and has generalized muscle twitching to all extremities. You should:

Insulin resistance occurs when:

You are assessing a 34-year-old woman who appears to be depressed. You were summoned to see the patient by her husband, who tells you that she won’t talk to him. During your interview of the patient, which of the following questions or comments would MOST likely yield a response from the patient?

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Death from acetaminophen overdose is MOST often caused by:

Thirty minutes of hypoglycemia in a patient:

Which of the following statements regarding peritoneal dialysis is correct?

Accelerated thinking in which the mind skips very rapidly from one thought to the next is called: