While Starting an Intravenous Line on the Right Hand of an Unconscious

question 32

Multiple Choice

While starting an intravenous line on the right hand of an unconscious patient, the patient reaches over with his left hand and tries to remove the noxious stimuli.This response is called

• A) decorticate posturing.
• B) decerebrate posturing.
• C) withdrawal.
• D) localization.

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