In Monitoring a Trauma Patient for Shock, the Nurse Differentiates

question 8

Multiple Choice

In monitoring a trauma patient for shock, the nurse differentiates neurogenic shock from hypovolemia shock by correlating which of the following data to spinal shock?

• A)Tachycardia with increased systemic vascular resistance
• B)Tachycardia with decreased systemic vascular resistance
• C)Bradycardia with decreased systemic vascular resistance
• D)Bradycardia with increased systemic vascular resistance

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