You Are on the Scene at an Office Building Where

question 38

Multiple Choice

You are on the scene at an office building where a 32-year-old male is described as having difficulty breathing and chest pain.The patient is allergic to peanuts and thinks he may have accidentally ingested some cookies with peanuts in them this afternoon during his break.He is pale with a pulse rate of 158 and a respiratory rate of 36.You understand that a "fight-or-flight" response may have been activated in this patient,involving which nervous system and which hormone?

• A) Parasympathetic nervous system and insulin
• B) Parasympathetic nervous system and epinephrine
• C) Sympathetic nervous system and insulin
• D) Sympathetic nervous system and epinephrine

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Definitions:

Axons

Long nerve fibers that are part of neurons, responsible for transmitting electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.

Action Potentials

Brief electrical impulses that are the means by which information is transmitted along neurons and across synapses.

Endorphins

Endorphins are natural chemicals in the body that interact with brain receptors to reduce pain perception and lead to feelings of euphoria, often referred to as the body's "feel-good" hormones.

Contractions

The process of muscles becoming shorter and tighter, often referring to the process of childbirth where the muscles of the uterus tighten.