A patient has taken a medication that increases the activity of his sympathetic nervous system. Given this treatment, which sign or symptom would the EMT expect to find?

You are by the side of an 11-month-old female with a decreased level of consciousness. Caregivers will not provide an accurate history of how the child came to this condition, only that she was hard to wake up this morning, about 30 minutes ago. When assessing the child, what finding would be most immediately concerning?

A) Bruise to the head B) Lack of crying as you assess her C) Bradycardic heart rate D) Healing bruises on the lower legs

The causative agent of hydrocephalus and deafness is

A. cytomegalovirus C. rubella virus B. varicella zoster virus D. herpes virus