A Healthy 16-Year-Old Man Experiences Severe Hemorrhaging Following an Automobile

question 14

Multiple Choice

A healthy 16-year-old man experiences severe hemorrhaging following an automobile accident. He is conscious and aware upon arrival at the emergency department, but hypotensive, and tachypneic. Which of the following is associated with the hemodynamic response to hemorrhage?

• A) Decreased coronary blood flow
• B) Decreased sympathetic tone to the venous system
• C) Increased blood flow to the skin, intestines, and kidneys
• D) Increased cholinergic vasoconstrictor tone of skeletal muscle arterioles
• E) Normal cerebral blood flow

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