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When assessing a 14-year-old male patient that has been involved in a bicycle accident, you notice that he has a small amount of blood coming from his left forearm. This observation is known as which of the following?
 
  A) Sign B) Clue C) Symptom D) Indication

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Your patient is a 16-year-old centerfielder on his high school baseball team. He was injured when he and the left fielder collided trying to catch a fly ball. He is disoriented and is unable to tell you what happened. His vital signs are pulse 88, blood pressure 132/86, respiratory rate 16, and pupils equal. As you assess his head, you do not see any cuts or bleeding, but you feel a spongy, depressed area over his left ear. You should suspect a(n):
 
  A) direct injury. B) skull injury. C) closed head injury. D) open head injury.


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Viet Thy

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Reply #1 on: Jul 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

D


kfurse

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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
Wow, this really help

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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