A Patient Is Very Dizzy and Altered in Mental Status

question 25

Multiple Choice

A patient is very dizzy and altered in mental status. Vital signs are: pulse 84, respiration 16, blood pressure 74/32, and SpO₂ 93%. Medical direction has ordered the paramedic to start and IV infusion of a medication that causes vasoconstriction. You would recognize that the medication is benefiting the patient when you observe:

• A) Heart rate 92.
• B) Respirations 24.
• C) Blood pressure 110/64.
• D) SpO₂ 94%.

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Definitions:

Within-Group Estimate

An analysis focusing on the variation or relationships of variables within a single group.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of values in the final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary, often related to the number of independent observations in a dataset.

ANOVA

Acronym for Analysis of Variance, a statistical technique used to compare the means of three or more samples.

5 × 4 Factorial ANOVA

A type of factorial analysis of variance that involves two independent variables with 5 levels for the first and 4 levels for the second, analyzing the effect of these variables on a dependent variable.