A patient with high blood pressure takes a medication to slow his heart rate, thereby lowering his blood pressure. The EMT would recognize this action as impacting:

A) Preload
B) Afterload
C) Systemic vascular resistance
D) Cardiac output

D) Cardiac output

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A. 5 feet (1.5 m) B. 10 feet (3 m) C. 15 feet (4.5 m) D. 20 feet (6 m)

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