The major cause of drowning in boating accidents is:

the inability to swim
not wearing a personal flotation device
drinking
panic

Afather’s state of health has little or no effect on the unborn child. true false

Which safe and legal options do teen parents have if they think they are not ready to be parents? check all that apply. leave the baby in front of someone's door. surrender the baby under their state’s safe-haven laws. place the baby for adoption. release custody to the baby’s grandparents. give the baby to a stranger.

A92-year-old man with a 45-year history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is intubated in the icu because of a bout of viral pneumonia that fails to improve after 72 hours of antibiotics. although the inspired fraction of oxygen is 100%, the patient's po2 remains at 57 mmhg. positive-end expiratory pressure (peep) is added to allow the inspired fraction of oxygen. twelve hours after the introduction of peep the patient suddenly become hypotensive. at the same time, his oxygen saturation drops from 92% to 61%. on physical examination, his bp is 80/50 mmhg and his pulse is 124/min. he has distended neck veins and distant heart sounds. which of the following would also most likely be seen on this patient's physical examination? - absence of breath sounds in the right hemithorax- high amplitude carotid artery upstroke- a pleural friction rub- pulsus alternans- splenomegaly