When must you change single-use gloves?
a. every hour
b. at the beginning of the shift
c. before handling ready-to-eat food
d. before handling raw meats

Which of the following events will occur when you stab yourself with a dirty nail? (select all that apply.) a. attraction of neutrophils to the wound. b. local secretion of cytokines. c. activation of the complement pathway. d. vasoconstriction of local capillaries to confine the bacteria.

A24-year-old g4p2 woman at 34 weeks gestation complains of a cough and whitish sputum for the last three days. she reports that everyone in the family has been sick. she reports a high fever last night up to 102°f (38.9°c). she denies chest pain. she has a history of asthma with no previous intubations. she uses an albuterol inhaler, although she has not used it this week. vital signs are: temperature 98.6°f (37°c); respiratory rate 16/minute; pulse 94 beats/minute; blood pressure 114/78; peak expiratory flow rate 430 l/min (baseline documented in the outpatient chart = 425 l/min). on physical examination, pharyngeal mucosa is erythematous and injected. lungs are clear to auscultation. white blood cell count 8,700 mcl; arterial blood gases on room air (normal ranges in parentheses): ph 7.44 (7.36–7.44); po2 103 mm hg (> 100); pco2 26 mm hg (28–32); hco3 19 mm hg (22–26). chest x-ray is normal. what is the correct interpretation of this arterial blood gas?

Mark's girlfriend dropped him off at a party, and then she went to visit her best friend two blocks away. when mark called his girlfriend to get a ride home, he could tell she had been drinking. what is mark's best plan of action? ride home with someone else and let his girlfriend drive herself get a friend to take him to his girlfriend's car so he can drive them both home ask his girlfriend to drive to the party, and then mark will drive them both home let his girlfriend drive them home slow to avoid getting pulled over