A Client in a Motor Vehicle Crash Has Arrived at the Trauma

question 27

Multiple Choice

A client in a motor vehicle crash has arrived at the trauma unit in respiratory distress and unconscious. Knowing that chemoreceptors respond to changes in the concentrations of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen, which of the following circumstances would account for this client's decrease in respiratory rate?

• A) Increased environmental temperature.
• B) Exercise.
• C) Stress.
• D) Increased intracranial pressure.

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