You are at the scene of a gunshot victim who has been shot in the head at close range with a 38-caliber pistol. The patient is unconscious, with irregular gasping respirations and bradycardia. Your initial actions are oriented to:
A) primary assessment management and rapid transport.
B) classifying the degree of injury.
C) establishing vital signs.
D) intravenous fluid boluses.
Question 2
Your partner is evaluating a 22-year-old man thrown from his motorcycle. He tells you he is observing Biot's respirations. What pattern of ventilation would you expect to find?
A) Irregular breathing of rate and depth with periods of apnea
B) Shallow, rapid breathing
C) Slow, deep, gasping respirations
D) Progressively deeper, faster respirations alternating with slowing, shallower breathing
Head shot, showing convex profile
Cheetah at the Werribee Open Range Zoo
Alexander the Great, head from a Pergamene copy.
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Mastering Biology Question
Mastering Biology Question