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Because you are worried the patient is in shock, you lay the patient down on the floor and ask your partner to check a full set of vitals while you try to gather some more information. You call for advanced resources, strat to get the patient placed on a nonrebreather mask and the friend of the patient tells you while you are working that the patient is otherwise healthy. They were eating lunch and the symptoms started with her feeling a little short of breath and complaining of a scratchy voice. As you are placing the nonrebreather and doing a primary survey, the patient looks like this: The eyes are swollen and there is a rash to the skin diffusely that the patient nods to say is itchy. Your partner reports the blood pressure is 84/50, the pulse is 130, the respiratory rate is still 40. What do you think is the most likely cause of this patient's shock? Pulmonary embolism Spinal cord problem Infection Anaphylaxis

Because you are worried the patient is in shock, you lay the patient down on the floor and ask your partner to check a full set of vitals while you try to gather some more information. You call for advanced resources, strat to get the patient placed on a nonrebreather mask and the friend of the patient tells you while you are working that the patient is otherwise healthy. They were eating lunch and the symptoms started with her feeling a little short of breath and complaining of a scratchy voice. As you are placing the nonrebreather and doing a primary survey, the patient looks like this: The eyes are swollen and there is a rash to the skin diffusely that the patient nods to say is itchy. Your partner reports the blood pressure is 84/50, the pulse is 130, the respiratory rate is still 40. What do you think is the most likely cause of this patient's shock? Pulmonary embolism Spinal cord problem Infection Anaphylaxis

Phlebotomy Essentials
Phlebotomy Essentials
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Author:Ruth McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley MT(ASCP)
Publisher:Ruth McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley MT(ASCP)
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Because you are worried the patient is in shock, you lay the patient down on the floor and ask your partner to check a full set of vitals while you try to gather some more information. You call for advanced resources, strat to get the patient placed on a nonrebreather mask and the friend of the patient tells you while you are working that the patient is otherwise healthy. They were eating lunch and the symptoms started with her feeling a little short of breath and complaining of a scratchy voice. As you are placing the nonrebreather and doing a primary survey, the patient looks like this: The eyes are swollen and there is a rash to the skin diffusely that the patient nods to say is itchy. Your partner reports the blood pressure is 84/50, the pulse is 130, the respiratory rate is still 40. What do you think is the most likely cause of this patient's shock? Pulmonary embolism Spinal cord problem Infection Anaphylaxis
Transcribed Image Text:Because you are worried the patient is in shock, you lay the patient down on the floor and ask your partner to check a full set of vitals while you try to gather some more information. You call for advanced resources, strat to get the patient placed on a nonrebreather mask and the friend of the patient tells you while you are working that the patient is otherwise healthy. They were eating lunch and the symptoms started with her feeling a little short of breath and complaining of a scratchy voice. As you are placing the nonrebreather and doing a primary survey, the patient looks like this: The eyes are swollen and there is a rash to the skin diffusely that the patient nods to say is itchy. Your partner reports the blood pressure is 84/50, the pulse is 130, the respiratory rate is still 40. What do you think is the most likely cause of this patient's shock? Pulmonary embolism Spinal cord problem Infection Anaphylaxis
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