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BrownTown3

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Your patient is a young adult female who was struck by a vehicle while she was riding her bicycle. She was not wearing a helmet. She is unresponsive and has a deformity with a deep depression to the temporal area of the head. You note no bleeding and the scalp is intact. Which one of the following is the greatest threat associated with this injury?
 
  A) Fracture of the temporal bone
  B) Damage to the brain
  C) Potential for infection
  D) Loss of cerebrospinal fluid

Question 2

Shallow, slow, or infrequent breathing, indicating severe ICP buildup and brain anoxia, is known as:
 
  A) Kussmaul's respirations.
  B) grunting.
  C) Biot's respirations.
  D) agonal respirations.


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qytan

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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D


BrownTown3

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Reply 2 on: Jul 2, 2018
Gracias!

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:D TYSM

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