________ If the patient has an implanted automatic pacemaker, spikes will appear on the ECG with each cardiac cycle

While jogging, a 19-year-old male experienced an acute onset of shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain. He is conscious and alert with stable vital signs. Your assessment reveals that he has diminished breath sounds over the left side of the chest. You should:

A. recognize that he needs a needle decompression. B. immediately perform a rapid head-to-toe exam. C. administer oxygen and transport to the hospital. D. circumferentially tape a dressing around his chest.

Abdominal guarding is MOST commonly encountered in patients with:

A) acute renal failure. B) peritoneal irritation. C) intra-abdominal bleeding. D) chronic liver inflammation