The circumstances of the patient's death determine whether the coroner must investigate the death; this process includes mandatory autopsy, and such a case is called a

Your patient is a 15-year-old male who was struck in the chest with a baseball. He is unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. The monitor shows ventricular fibrillation. This condition is most accurately described as:

A) pericardial tamponade. B) blunt cardiac injury. C) commotio cordis. D) traumatic asphyxia.

Describe one way a relatively safe procedure can rapidly become a catastrophic or fatal event

a. Preoperative patient anxiety b. Postoperative pain c. Unknown patient allergies d. Subjective responses to OR activities