A Patient Has an Altered Mental Status Accompanied by Loss

question 22

Multiple Choice

A patient has an altered mental status accompanied by loss of motor function on one side of the body. The EMT must suspect what condition as the cause of this presentation?

• A) Seizure
• B) Hypoglycemia
• C) Stroke
• D) Syncope

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