Your patient was in a motor vehicle collision but was not discovered until 3 hours after the event. When you examine her, you discover bilateral discolored skin over the mastoid process. You should suspect:

A) temporal bone fracture.
B) frontal bone fracture.
C) basilar skull fracture.
D) a fractured sinus.

C

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1. Increasing the inspiratory time 2. Increasing compliance 3. Increasing level of PEEP 4. Changing from a square to a decelerating ramp waveform a. 1, 2, and 3 only b. 1, 3, and 4 only c. 2 and 4 only d. 1, 2, 3, and 4

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