A 72-year-old man has severe shortness of breath. You find him ...

[notis]

A 72-year-old man has severe shortness of breath. You find him sitting upright on the edge of his chair. His respiratory rate is 30, pulse is 100, and his skin is cool and wet. Which one of the following signs and symptoms would be most consistent with a history of congestive heart failure?
 
  A) He has smoked a half-pack of cigarettes a day for 50 years.
  B) He takes an aspirin every day.
  C) He has chills and a fever.
  D) He always sleeps in the recliner.

Question 2

An oxygen saturation of 97 is considered which of the following?
 
  A) Severe hypoxia B) Hypoxia
  C) Normal D) Significant hypoxia

[Liddy]

Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C

[notis]

TYSM

[debra928]

Excellent