You are dispatched to a residence for an 80-year-old female…
You are dispatched to a residence for an 80-year-old female who fell. When you arrive, you find the patient conscious, lying in a recumbent position on the floor in her living room. In addition to providing the appropriate treatment, you should ask the patient if:
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A zoologist collected wild lizards in the Southwestern United States. Thirty lizards from the genus Phrynosoma were placed on a treadmill and their speed measured. The recorded speeds (meters/second) (the fastest time to run a half meter) for thirty lizards are summarized in the relative histogram below. About how many lizards had recorded speeds above 1 meters/second? Fill in the numerical value.
Read DetailsBased on data from USA Today, the following are the results…
Based on data from USA Today, the following are the results from tests of an experiment to test the effectiveness of a vaccine for children. Suppose a child from this population will be randomly selected. What is the probability that the child belongs to the placebo group?
Read DetailsSmoking and high blood pressure are risk factors for strokes…
Smoking and high blood pressure are risk factors for strokes and other vascular diseases. Suppose in the U.S., [x] % of adults smoke, and [y] % have high blood pressure. Suppose also that research suggests that smoking and high blood pressure are independent of each other, but they are not mutually exclusive. What is the probability that a randomly-chosen American adult has either of these two risk factors? (Fill in the numerical value. Round your answer to two decimal places).
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When adults with smartphones are randomly selected, 54% use them in meetings or classes (Based on data from a previous Smartphone survey). If 10 adult smartphone users are randomly selected. Let X be the variable the number of adults that use smartphones in meetings or classes in a sample of 10 adults with smartphone (Select all that apply)
Read DetailsA farmer who sponsors a contest supplies a pumpkin for each…
A farmer who sponsors a contest supplies a pumpkin for each of the contest participants. The pumpkins weigh an average of 20 pounds with a standard deviation of 5 pounds and the distribution of pumpkin weights can be assumed to follow approximately a normal distribution. Pumpkins that fall in the top 30% of weights are considered “large”. How much does a pumpkin have to weigh in order to be considered “large”? .
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