A Patient Is Brought to the Emergency Department (ED) After

question 27

Multiple Choice

A patient is brought to the emergency department (ED) after being hit in the head with a baseball during a company picnic. On admission, the patient has a headache and cannot remember being hit but has no other signs of neurologic deficit. The nurse will plan to

• A) send the patient for diagnostic testing with MRI.
• B) admit the patient for observation for 24 hours.
• C) discharge the patient with monitoring instructions.
• D) observe the patient in the ED for several hours.

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Definitions:

Axopods

Long, thin extensions of certain protozoans, such as those in the phylum Actinopoda, used for feeding and movement.

Test

A shell.

Actinopods

Protists characterized by axopods that protrude through pores in their shells. See rhizarians.

Amoebozoa

A group of amoeboid protozoa that move and ingest food with pseudopodia, comprising various free-living and parasitic species.