The Ambulance Is Called for an Assaulted Patient

question 69

Multiple Choice

The ambulance is called for an assaulted patient.While transporting the patient to the hospital,the EMT notes the patient's jugular veins are flat (nondistended) .Which of these is most likely the cause of this finding?

• A) Closed head injury
• B) Blood loss
• C) Blood collecting around the heart in the pericardial sac
• D) High blood pressure

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