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Title: Your patient is a 15-year-old male with a stab wound along the right sternal border at the fourth in
Post by: Nix4Pres on Mar 20, 2016
Your patient is a 15-year-old male with a stab wound along the right sternal border at the fourth intercostal space. The patient responds to painful stimuli, and shows little evidence of external bleeding. His respirations are 30, his breath sounds are clear and equal, and his radial pulse is weak and disappears on inspiration. The patient has distended jugular veins and is dyspneic. This patient is most likely suffering from ________ shock due to ________.
A) distributive, loss of sympathetic nervous tone
B) distributive, pericardial tamponade
C) hypoxic, tension pneumothorax
D) hypovolemic, hemothorax


Title: Re: Your patient is a 15-year-old male with a stab wound along the right sternal border at the fourt
Post by: feijoa on Mar 31, 2016
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Title: Re: Your patient is a 15-year-old male with a stab wound along the right sternal border at the fourth in
Post by: Nix4Pres on Apr 9, 2016
!! Perfect :poop:


Title: Re: Your patient is a 15-year-old male with a stab wound along the right sternal border at the fourth in
Post by: feijoa on Apr 11, 2016
Good luck with the rest