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craiczarry

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Your patient is a 34-year-old male complaining of pain in his right side. He is pale and diaphoretic with a heart rate of 90 beats per minute, a respiratory rate of 28 breaths per minute, and a blood pressure of 132/80 mmHg. The patient is very agitated and anxious. Which approach is most appropriate?
 
  A) Try to determine the cause of his pain.
  B) Insert an oropharyngeal airway.
  C) Tell the patient that you cannot transport him unless he calms down and lies still.
  D) Reassure him that you will make him as comfortable as possible and get him to the hospital for additional care.

Question 2

On maximal expiration, the diaphragm may be:
 
  A) as high as the fourth intercostal space anteriorly.
  B) as high as the second intercostal space anteriorly.
  C) as low as the ninth intercostal space anteriorly.
  D) as low as the eleventh intercostal space anteriorly.


lucas dlamini

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

A



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