Use the following to answer the next three questions:A 32-year-old male presents with abdominal pain. He states that the pain began 2 hours ago and was primarily around the umbilicus. The original pain is described as crampy and diffuse. The patient states that the pain is now centered in the lower right quadrant and is intense and stabbing. The physical examination reveals that the patient is diaphoretic and that there is an increase in pain on palpation in the lower right quadrant; he is lying in the fetal position. The current intense, localized, stabbing pain can be described as which type of pain?

What are infectious agents that are prokaryotic and produce toxins called?

A 60-year-old female complains of an abrupt onset of the worst headache she has ever felt in her life. This is indicative of which condition?

The chain of transmission of an infectious agent includes all of the following EXCEPT:

Paramedics are called to the home of a patient who tells you that he has been sick for weeks with flu-like symptoms, loss of appetite, fever, and joint pain. His skin is jaundiced, and he states that the color of his urine has been dark. What type of hepatitis infection should the paramedics suspect?

What medication and route should be considered for a patient suffering from Epiglottis or Croup?

True/False: Standard precautions is the idea that we should treat all patients and body fluid as potentially having an infectious disease to protect ourselves from exposure.

What description would you expect a patient to give of a spider that bit them if you were suspecting a black widow bite? _________________________________________

A 2-year-old patient’s mother tells paramedics that a day or two before he developed a rash, he had white spots on the inside of his cheek. The rash started on his face and has spread to his feet over the past 2 days. What should paramedics suspect?

The primary cause of primary ploycythemia is: