A 58 year old with a history of hypertension, diabetes, end stage renal disease, and peripheral vascular disease presents after a car accident with a left pneumothorax, and in hypovolemic shock from multiple hemorrhaging sites. The patient is given 2L of lactated ringers to improve the blood pressure, until ordered blood products arrive. The patient’s blood pressure improves after the first liter, but does not respond to the second, so a Norepinephrine (Levophed) gtt is ordered. Given the information provided, which of the following accesses placed emergently would be most appropriate for a vasopressor infusion?

A shortage is when quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied.

A patient presents with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Knowing the pathophysiology and the typical clinical course of ARDS, you know it is imperative to monitor for:

Which of the following is not a cause of shock?

Changes in the money supply to achieve macroeconomic goals is:  

The maximum combinations of two goods that an economy can produce is represented on:

Consumption, Investment, Government purchases, and Net Exports make up:

To be counted as employed:

A 60 year old presents with shortness of breath, and the medical team is trying to determine if the pulmonary edema on his chest X-ray is related to left heart dysfunction. They place a Swan Ganz catheter in his right IJ, and thread it into his pulmonary artery. Which of the following values would indicate left heart dysfunction that could explain his pulmonary edema? Parameter Normal Range Central venous pressure 2-6mmHg Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure 8-12mmHg Pulmonary artery pressure Systolic 15-25/ Diastolic 8-15mmHg Pulmonary vascular resistance 20-120 dynes/sec/cm-5

Monetary policy is changes in the money supply to achieve macroeconomic goals.