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A patient is choking and coughing. Which action is appropriate? Correct Answer: Do not interfere except have another employee get the physician. The medical abbreviation ASHD stands for Correct Answer: Arteriosclerotic heart disease "ASHD" Which of the following ambulatory monitoring systems provides a tracing of the ECG whenever symptoms are felt? Correct Answer: "Intermittent' ambulatory monitoring provides an ECG tracing only when symptoms are felt. Continuous, telemetry, and loo...

Cancer that has spread from one place to another within the body is called______. - Metastatic A wasting or decrease in size of an organ or tissue is _____. - Atrophy The suffix meaning the creation of a new opening for drainage is ______. - -ostomy Organs of the circulatory system include _____. - Heart, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, and nodes The tricusoid valve is located between the _____. - Right atrium and the right ventricle Normal respirations occur approximately 12-20 times p...