If your patient complains of excruciating abdominal pain with the onset of labor and shows signs and symptoms of shock without external hemorrhage, consider:
a. uterine inversion. c. uterine rupture.
b. placenta previa. d. abruptio placentae.
Question 2
As an EMT allowed to assist with ALS interventions, you realize that IV therapy is beneficial for patients because it:
A) provides arterial blood for analysis.
B) allows constant monitoring of the patient's oxygen level.
C) provides a route to administer medications.
D) provides IV solutions that carry oxygen to the cells.
Medical assistants can quickly pull up a patient record when a phone call is received.
Signs and Symptoms of Shock Following a Crisis Situation
Patient having glaucoma test.
Amyloid plaques (stained blue) in the brain of a deceased patient who had Alzheimer’s disease.
Kaposi's sarcoma on the skin of an AIDS patient.
System of a patient in shock