I always choke on my food, saliva, and drinks. Any time something goes in my mouth, I choke on it. I was wondering if there were any surgeries or medicines that would help or prevent me from choking? If not do you know anything that could stop me from choking.

You are assessing an 86-year-old postoperative patient who has an unexpressive, stoic demeanor. when you enter the room, the patient is curled into the fetal position and your assessment reveals that his vital signs are elevated and he is diaphoretic. you ask the patient what his pain level is on a 0-to-10 scale that you explained to the patient prior to surgery. the patient indicates a pain level of “three or so.” you review your pain-management orders and find that all medications are ordered prn. how would you treat this patient's pain?

Match the vocabulary terms to the correct definition. 1. branch of u. s. department of human services that works to improve the emotional and mental lives of families and communities; may include social workers, community managers and planners, therapists and corrective treatment specialists, and educators and child care workers quality-of-life indicators 2. infrastructure used to reduce health-care related expenses and increase the affordability of health care and insurance; increases the need for coordination among health care providers managed health-care system 3. federal healthcare insurance that provides medical, psychological, therapy, or social work services to the disadvantaged (medicaid) or the elderly (medicare) medicaid or medicare 4. measurements of the well-being of an individual, community, or larger population; includes physical, mental, emotional, and social health as well as other factors such as safety and opportunity for intellectual growth and challenges family and community services

Write an essay of no less than 200 words about how drugs and alcohol can affect the body and make you unable to participate in sports and fitness-related activities. include your own ideas about how to say "no" to your peers if they offer you drugs as a means of "fitting in."