Your adult patient has suffered a prolonged cardiac arrest interval and is receiving advanced cardiac life-support interventions. When administering medications intravenously, why should calcium chloride and sodium bicarbonate not be administered through the same IV line?

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Question 1 of 5

Your adult patient has suffered a prolonged cardiac arrest interval and is receiving advanced cardiac life-support interventions. When administering medications intravenously, why should calcium chloride and sodium bicarbonate not be administered through the same IV line?

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 2 of 5

You are on-scene with an unconscious adult female who you suspect may be intoxicated. The patient's vital signs are within normal limits; however, her blood glucose level is low. Which of the following should be administered first to prevent Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, after initiating oxygen therapy and IV access?

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 3 of 5

You have just inserted a nasogastric (NG) tube in your intubated patient to relieve gastric distension. Which of the following confirmation means is most appropriate for determining the placement of an NG tube?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 4 of 5

You are called to assist a 50-year-old patient with rapid-onset pain in his right lower calf. The patient denies trauma but has a past medical history of hypertension and heart disease. The right lower leg is cool and pale, and the patient reports cramp-like pain in the area that began while he was sitting. His left leg remains asymptomatic. Which of the following conditions should be suspected until proven otherwise?

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 5 of 5

Absence of breath sounds and dullness to percussion over the left hemithorax are best explained by:

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

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