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Title: Blood pressure is the product of what two factors?
Post by: Tegab on Mar 18, 2018
Blood pressure is the product of what two factors?
 
  a. heart rate and stroke volume
  b. cardiac output and peripheral resistance
  c. stroke volume and cardiac output
  d. heart rate and peripheral resistance

Question 2

The normal perfusion of body tissues requires all of the following components, EXCEPT:
 
  a. adequate mentation
  b. intact vascular system
  c. functional pump
  d. adequate blood volume

Question 3

Your patient who was in a head-on MVC has asymmetric blood pressure measurements in the upper extremities, widened pulse pressure and diminished lower extremity pulses. You suspect:
 
  a. traumatic asphyxia
  b. tear of the aorta
  c. neurogenic shock
  d. cardiac contusion

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT part of Beck's triad?
 
  a. muffled heart tones
  b. hypertension
  c. jugular vein distension
  d. pulsus paradoxus

Question 5

The traumatic condition that results in increased intrathoracic pressure, thus displacing the heart and trachea and collapsing the superior and inferior vena cava is a:
 
  a. pulmonary contusion
  b. massive hemothorax
  c. traumatic aortic rupture
  d. tension pneumothorax


Title: Blood pressure is the product of what two factors?
Post by: barelysurving on Mar 18, 2018
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