You Have Been Called to a Local Emergency Department to Transfer

question 8

Multiple Choice

You have been called to a local emergency department to transfer a male patient to a specialty facility for further care. The man was involved in a deep sea dive emergency and has been diagnosed with barotrauma. As such, which of the following should be expected?

• A) Pain and deafness to the ears
• B) Right upper quadrant pain and vomiting
• C) Itchy, blotchy, or mottled skin
• D) Weakness or paralysis to the extremities

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Definitions:

Implicit Memory

A type of memory that allows people to perform tasks without conscious awareness of these previous experiences.

Explicit Memories

Facts and events that a person can actively remember on their own.

Conscious Memories

Memories that are easily recalled and explicitly known, forming part of our conscious experience.

Echoic

Pertaining to or characterized by echo; in psychology, it refers to the sensory memory of auditory stimuli.