Shallow breathing that results in hypercapnea is called
A) labored breathing
B) hypoventilation
C) hyperpnea
D) hyperventilation
B
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A) "Let's use normal bleeding-control procedures and see how that works." B) "Let's elevate his arm and place a tourniquet distal to the cut." C) "Since control is virtually impossible, we need to transport immediately." D) "We need to quickly apply a tourniquet directly above the cut."
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