A young male patient was running through a park shortly before dawn and struck his head on a low-hanging branch of a tree. Emergency Medical Responders have already provided spine motion restriction precautions and are providing supplemental oxygen since the patient was initially unresponsive. During transport, which finding obtained during your reassessment would best indicate that the patient has experienced a concussion?
A) Unequal grip strength
B) Persistent confusion
C) Improving memory
D) Elevated blood pressure
C) Improving memory
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A) unilateral pulse deficit and pallor. B) bilaterally diminished pedal pulses. C) warm, flushed skin to the extremity. D) inability to feel or move the extremity.
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Properly performed chest vibration is applied at what point?
a. Throughout inspiration b. At the end of expiration c. At the start of inspiration d. Throughout expiration
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