You are a new administrator at a hospital, well known for pulmonary medicine. the physicians in the icu, the er, and the department of pulmonary medicine have demanded to meet with you about the shortage of respiratory therapists. you stall them for 48 hours so you can gather data. what types of information will you need to collect to have an intelligent conversation with this powerful group of physicians?

Are all toddler boys hard to pottytrain?

Although animals share many common characteristics, there is also a great amount of diversity found in animals. which animals are ectothermic, obtain dissolved oxygen in water through gills, have scales, have fins, and live in water?

The parents of a 9-year-old girl bring their daughter to the ed. for the last 12 hours, the child has suffered severe nausea and vomiting, as well as diarrhoea and abdominal cramps. further discussion with the child indicates that she suffers from blurred vision and headache. the parents originally were worried about bringing the child to the ed because they feared deportation since the family are illegal immigrants employed to pick strawberries on a nearby farm. on direct questionning, the parents admit that the child was assisting with spraying crops with pesticides the previous day. none of the family members was wearing any protecting clothing. her bp is 88/48 mmhg, pulse is 90/min, rr 33/min, temp 38 c. the child appears sweaty and confused. auscultation of the lungs reveals a diffuse wheeze bilaterally. pupils are miotic and the child has diffuse muscle weakness. which of the following interventions is the most appropriate treatment? - atropine- charcoal- glucagon- naloxone- exposure: consider organophosphate poisoning, which inhibits cholinesterase and results in accumulation of ach in both muscarinic and nicotinic sites. pralidoxime activates achatropine competes with ach only at muscarinic receptors, but will not reverse nicotinic effectscharcoal = gastric decontaminationglucagon = reverse beta-blocker overdosenaloxone = reverse effects of opioids