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Melani1276

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You are called for a 20-year-old college student respiratory distress. Of the following information, which would MOST likely indicate a possible pneumothorax?
 
  A) He has had a fever and coughing for two or three days.
  B) He has just returned from the Asia and is having night sweats.
  C) He has a rescue inhaler that he uses when he needs it.
  D) He began having shortness of breath after lifting a heavy object.

Question 2

Which of the following patients with respiratory distress is the MOST critically ill?
 
  A) A patient who speaks in five or six word sentences.
  B) A patient with wheezing in the lower lobes.
  C) A patient with no breath sounds on auscultation.
  D) A patient with a pulse oximetry reading of 93percent.


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jomama

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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: D

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C


Melani1276

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Reply 2 on: Jul 2, 2018
Excellent

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Gracias!

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