An Alert and Oriented 69-Year-Old Female Is Complaining of Low

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Multiple Choice

An alert and oriented 69-year-old female is complaining of low, right-sided abdominal pain. She describes the pain as "knife-like" and states that it started suddenly 1 hour ago. Her only medical history is hypertension for which she takes the medication lisinopril. Which of the following assessment findings shows that the EMT is appropriately assessing this patient?

• A) No trauma noted to the head
• B) No pain on palpation to the chest
• C) No deformity to the upper extremities
• D) No abdominal guarding is noted

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