Adults and Children Display Different Physiologic Responses to Injury and Acute

question 10

Multiple Choice

Adults and children display different physiologic responses to injury and acute illness. An important concept to remember when assessing infants and children is that they:

• A) experience lethal arrhythmias first, progressing to respiratory failure.
• B) usually experience cardiac arrest before respiratory failure.
• C) usually experience respiratory arrest before circulatory failure.
• D) tolerate greater volume changes, with less severe consequences.

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