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Your patient is a 24-year-old woman who was involved in an MVC and struck the steering wheel with her chest. Upon your arrival, she is alert, but restless. Her pulse is rapid and weak, with a respiratory rate of 26 per minute, and blood pressure is 130/64. En route to the hospital, your patient becomes unresponsive, with a heart rate of 40 and blood pressure of 60/30. At this point, in what stage of shock is the patient?
 
  A) Irreversible shock
  B) Compensated shock
  C) Decompensated shock
  D) Neurogenic shock

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Which one of the following statements made by a patient's family member would cause the AEMT to suspect that a patient is suffering from hypovolemic shock?
 
  A) He has been taking an antibiotic for a chest cold.
  B) He got up this morning and was having a hard time breathing.
  C) He cannot stop throwing up.
  D) He has had a rash for the past three days.
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caroline12345 Author
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6 years ago
Thank you

Can you answer the others that I've posted too? Face with Cold Sweat
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I'll take a quick look at them
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