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NREMT Advanced EMT

Category - Medical Knowledge

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Your patient has fallen and bruised her hip badly. The doctor has prescribed her to take NSAIDs. The patient informs you she cannot take the medication since she will be having an oophorectomy in three days. What procedure is the patient having?

Her liver removed
Her tongue repaired
Her ovaries removed
Her optical nerve repaired

Explanation

Answer - C - Oophorectomy is the removal of the ovary. Oophor- is the prefix for ovary and -ectomy is the suffix meaning to curt out or excise.

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