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RODY.ELKHALIL

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Your patient is a 17-year-old with a history of asthma. She is complaining of pain in her lower abdomen. Assessment reveals that her breath sounds are clear and equal, she has a respiratory rate of 28 breaths per minute, a heart rate of 96 beats per minute, and a blood pressure of 112/74 mmHg. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate next step?
 
  A) Provide high-concentration oxygen.
  B) Insert a nasopharyngeal airway in the patient's nose.
  C) Have the patient breathe into a paper bag to rebreathe some of her carbon dioxide.
  D) Assist the patient in the administration of her metered-dose inhaler.

Question 2

A middle-aged male has sustained blunt force trauma to the abdomen resulting in an isolated tear and perforation of the large intestine. When following up on the patient, which of the following should the EMT not suppose, given the organ that was injured?
 
  A) The patient developed an infection.
  B) The patient rapidly decompensated into shock.
  C) The patient has profound hypoxia.
  D) The patient suffered from severe internal bleeding.



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

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