You are attending to a 3-year-old female who fell off her bicycle and struck her head on the curb. the patient is alert and crying. when you attempt to immobilize her on a backboard, she becomes very upset and agitated. the most suitable alternative to the backboard is to:

The human genome project is devoted to mapping the general dna sequence of our species. this could lead to the development of new medicines, as well as the possibility of using gene therapy to treat certain diseases. however, there are some ethical issues surrounding the mapping of individual genomes. one concern is a) that your genes may change over time, making the project useless. b) that insurance companies could discriminate based on genetic make-up. c) that since this has never been done before, we should probably not do it now. d) that sequencing our individual genomes is so expensive, it is a counter-productive strategy.

Which of the following statements is most likely correct about a rock belonging to the jurassic age and a rock belonging to the cambrian age? options: 1) they have identical fossils of organisms that have evolved over time. 2) both have animal fossils preserved in them due to weathering and erosion. 3) they contain different fossils because life on earth has changed through time. 4) the fossils in them were formed on the surface of earth due to exposure to sunlight.

Which of the following matches the organisms described with the correct domain? a. archaea--multicellular, eukaryotic organisms that do not have cell walls b. eukarya--single-celled and multicellular organisms, with a defined nucleus and a variety of nutritional sources c. bacteria--unicellular, eukaryotic organisms with cell walls that do not contain peptidoglycan d. bacteria--unicellular, eukaryotic organisms that always lack cell walls