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anshika

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Upon entering the room of a 62-year-old woman who has an unknown medical complaint, which of the following clues observed during the scene size-up would increase an OEC Technician's suspicion that the patient is suffering from an acute abdominal condition?
 
  a. She is sweating even though the air conditioning is on high.
  b. A portable commode is next to the bed.
  c. She is lying on her side with her knees drawn up to her chest.
  d. She is wearing a nasal cannula attached to oxygen at 2 LPM.

Question 2

An OEC Technician would recognize which of the following situations as acute abdominal emergency?
 
  a. A patient who complains of stomach pain and has bad-smelling gas
  b. A woman who says she drank tequila last night and now has stomach pain
  c. A child whose sister has hepatitis and who has just vomited for the first time
  d. A ski racer who hit a tree and has significant left flank pain.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: c

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d





 

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