Your doctor has just prescribed an inhaled steroid-based drug to treat your asthma. what do you predict about its mechanism of action? a. the drug binds to receptors on the cell membrane, activating a second messenger pathway that phosphorylates a set of target proteins. b. the drug binds to an extracellular receptor, then crosses the cell membrane where it directly phosphorylates a set of target proteins. c. the drug crosses cell membranes, binds to an intracellular receptor, enters the nucleus and regulates gene transcription. d. the drug acts in the bloodstream to bind and sequester antibodies and thereby reduce inflammation in the lungs.

At 2: 00 am, a 17-year-old boy, accompanied by his 19-year-old girlfriend, had driven to the bar to give his father (who had been drinking large amounts of alcohol) a ride home. on the way back, they were involved in a motor vehicle collision. the boy has a large laceration with profuse bleeding on his forehead. his girlfriend is unconscious in the front passenger floor. the father is standing outside the vehicle, appearing heavily intoxicated, and is refusing care. what is the best way to gain consent to begin care when his father has an altered mental status or is unconscious? a. phone his mother for consent. b. call his grandparents for consent. c. it is a true emergency, so consent is implied. d. you are covered under the good samaritan laws.