Your patient has received a large traumatic injury. Blood pressure is normal, but the heart rate and respiratory rate are increased, and the skin is cool and clammy. Your patient is in:

a. homeostasis. c. decompensated shock.
b. compensated shock. d. irreversible shock.

c

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A medical assistant who faces a patient with her arms at her sides is demonstrating 

A. assertiveness. B. passive listening. C. an anxious feeling. D. an open posture.

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