Adults and Children Display Different Physiologic Responses to Injury and Acute

question 4

Multiple Choice

Adults and children display different physiologic responses to injury and acute illness. An important concept to remember when assessing infants and children is that they:

• A) experience lethal dysrhythmias first, progressing to respiratory failure.
• B) usually experience cardiac arrest before respiratory failure.
• C) usually experience respiratory arrest before circulatory failure.
• D) tolerate greater volume changes, with less severe consequences.

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