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Marty

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Your patient is a 35-year-old woman who was driving a minivan that was struck in the driver's side door by another vehicle. You notice that when you apply pressure to her sternum with your knuckles she extends her legs and flexes her arms and wrists. When giving your radio report, which of the following terms should you use to describe this?
 
  A) Cushing's reflex B) Tonic-clonic activity
  C) Battle's sign D) Posturing

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A 35-year-old woman is complaining of right upper quadrant abdominal pain, pain in her right shoulder, nausea, and vomiting. She says the symptoms began about half an hour after she had some pizza. She is awake and alert, but seems uncomfortable and is still vomiting. You should first:
 
  A) find out what the pizza had on it.
  B) place her on her left side.
  C) palpate her abdomen.
  D) ask if she has an epinephrine auto-injector.


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morganmarie791

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

D

Answer to Question 2

B


Marty

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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
Excellent

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:D TYSM

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