Assessment of an alert and oriented 9-year-old child with a history of asthma reveals him to be breathing 20 times a minute with adequate chest rise and fall. You also note that he exhibits nasal flaring and has slight retractions of the intercostal muscles. His heart rate is 100 beats per minute and his blood pressure is 102/64 mmHg. On room air, he has a pulse oximeter reading of 98%. The EMT
would recognize:
A) compensated respiratory distress.
B) late respiratory failure.
C) hypoxic respiratory failure.
D) decompensated respiratory failure.
A
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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A patient was diagnosed with an inflammation of the lining of the heart cavities. The medical term for this condition is:
A. endocarditis. B. pericarditis. C. myocarditis. D. ischemia.
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