The patient must have nothing by mouth (NPO) 6 hours prior to the exam. It is important that the patient is not dehydrated. Pre-labs of CBC, PT, (PTT), BUN & Creatinine will be drawn. An IV will be started.
Actor Kelsey Grammer supplied the original voice for the Geico Gecko in the first ad. English actor Jake Wood, 33, supplies the Cockney accent in the latest batch of Geico commercials. The Lizard has actually been voiced by 3 different people.
Basilosaurus (king lizard) is a genus of early whale that lived 40 to 34 million years ago in the late Eocene. The first fossil of B. cetoides was discovered in the United States and was initially believed to be some sort of reptile, hence the suffix -saurus, but it was later found to be a marine mammal.