Author Question: The nurse is aware that in the first stage of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS), the body ... (Read 36 times)

HudsonKB16 · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

The nurse is aware that in the first stage of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS), the body responds by:

a. decreasing the heart rate.
b. constricting peripheral vessels.
c. decreasing blood glucose levels.
d. decreasing blood pressure.

Question 2

The extremely stressed woman is in the ER after a car wreck. She is breathing rapidly and complains of dizziness and tingling in her extremities and says, I think I am having a heart attack The nurse recognizes these complaints as being related to:

a. a transient ischemic attack.
b. hyperventilation.
c. hypotension.
d. asthma.