Patients with Acute Arterial Insufficiency with Occlusion Usually Present with the Onset

question 1

Multiple Choice

Patients with acute arterial insufficiency with occlusion usually present with the onset of the six P's: sudden severe pain,pulselessness,paresthesia,paralysis,pallor,and poikilothermia (coolness) of an extremity.This occlusion can be the result of which condition?

• A) Atrial tachycardia
• B) Rupture of an unstable atherosclerotic plaque
• C) Asystole
• D) Hypothermia

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