Which of the following could be responsible for causing obstructive shock?
A) Widespread systemic infection
B) Blood clots in the lungs
C) Loss of blood in the urine
D) Hypoxia at the cellular level
Question 2A disease of the female reproductive tract that may be caused by bacteria, viral, or fungal infection is:
A) pelvic inflammatory disease.
B) endometriosis.
C) ectopic pregnancy.
D) ruptured ovarian cyst.
Question 3The underlying cause of underlying distributive shock is:
A) inadequate fluid intake.
B) loss of blood volume.
C) poor cardiac contractility.
D) dilation of blood vessels.
Question 4The BEST way to give the emergency department an idea of the severity of blood loss for a patient with vaginal bleeding is to:
A) compare the total blood loss to that of a normal menses.
B) determine if the patient is hypotensive from excessive blood loss.
C) determine how many sanitary pads are saturated in one hour.
D) compare the blood loss to what is lost during childbirth.
Question 5You suspect that your patient has been exposed to carbon monoxide due to a faulty furnace. How does carbon monoxide harm the body?
A) It causes a lethal increase in blood pressure.
B) Alveoli swell from the overload of carbon monoxide.
C) CO knocks oxygen from the hemoglobin molecule.
D) It increases aspiration pneumonia from vomiting.
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