Edema is most appropriately defined as:

Pralidoxime is useful in treating nerve agent exposure because it:

a. Antagonizes the bradycardia associated with nerve agent exposure b. Causes sympathetic stimulation that counteracts the excessive parasympathetic stimulation c. Pralidoxime is contraindicated in situations where a patient has been exposed to a nerve agent d. Frees the bound acetylcholinesterase so that it can then remove the acetylcholine from receptor sites in the synapse

You are called to a nursing home for an 85-year-old patient complaining of abdominal pain. The patient has a history of dementia and cannot describe the pain to you. The nurse states the patient has n vomiting dark coffee ground emesis for about an hour. His blood pressure is 90/40, pulse 100, and respiratory rate of 24. Aside from the airway, what is your greatest concern?

A) The patient will have a stroke. B) The patient will have a myocardial infarction. C) The patient will go into hypovolemic shock. D) The patient will become combative.