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Redwolflake15

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You are on the scene of a domestic assault in which the female victim defended herself against further attack by stabbing her attacker. Your patient is a 36-year-old man who has been stabbed in the posterior thorax about 1 centimeter to the right of the spinous process of T6. Your assessment reveals loss of motor and sensory function on the right side distal to T6 but intact motor function with some loss of sensation on the left side distal to T6. Which of the following best explains this patient's presentation?
 
  A) Pseudoneurologic deficit to avoid being arrested
  B) Brown-Squard syndrome
  C) Central cord syndrome
  D) Autonomic hyperreflexia

Question 2

A midsize car has been struck by a small delivery truck and sustained moderate damage to the front passenger area. The car is on its tires, and wood chocks have been placed under the undercarriage of the car. The air bags did not deploy. Which one of the following is the next step in this rescue?
 
  A) Carefully deploy the air bags.
  B) Extricate the patient.
  C) Forcibly open the trunk.
  D) Release air from the tires.


Madisongo23

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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D



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