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Title: You are caring for a 25-year-old male patient that has been shot once in the head. The patient is in
Post by: lovesong on Nov 7, 2015
You are caring for a 25-year-old male patient that has been shot once in the head. The patient is in extremis with a noticeable breathing pattern that alternates between apnea (no breathing) and hyperpnea (fast breathing). Your understanding of pathophysiology leads you to believe the breathing pattern may be due to damage to the section of his brain responsible for respiratory control, also known as the:
A) frontal lobe.
B) medulla oblongata.
C) thalamus.
D) cerebellum.


Title: Re: You are caring for a 25-year-old male patient that has been shot once in the head. The patient i
Post by: sarasa on Nov 18, 2015
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Title: Re: You are caring for a 25-year-old male patient that has been shot once in the head. The patient is in
Post by: lovesong on Nov 26, 2015
That worked! Thanks :)


Title: Re: You are caring for a 25-year-old male patient that has been shot once in the head. The patient is in
Post by: sarasa on Nov 28, 2015
Thanks for the feedback, I feel more confident now with the other answers I provided.