What Effect Will a Complete Injury Above C3-C5 Have on a Patient's

question 4

Multiple Choice

What effect will a complete injury above C3-C5 have on a patient's spontaneous ventilation?

• A) complete diaphragmatic paralysis would result -patient would require mechanical ventilation
• B) partial diaphragmatic paralysis would result -patient would initially require mechanical ventilation
• C) patient would require supplemental oxygen but would still be able to breathe spontaneously
• D) ventilation would be unaffected since the respiratory centers are safely located in the brain

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Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

A statistical distribution of all possible sample means or sample proportions that could be generated from a population.

Sample Proportion

The ratio of members in a sample that have a particular attribute to the total number of members in the sample.

Probability Distribution

A description of how the probabilities are distributed over the values of the random variable.

Sample Mean

The average calculated from a sample of data, representing the central point or typical value of the sample.