A Woman Has Fallen from a Second-Story Window onto the Concrete

question 8

Multiple Choice

A woman has fallen from a second-story window onto the concrete sidewalk below. She is unresponsive and has a large depression to the back and top of her skull. Additional findings include abdominal bruising and an angulated left ankle. Your partner reports that the patient's vital signs are: pulse 68, respirations 14 and irregular, blood pressure 198/110 mmHg, and SpO₂ 91%. Based on these assessment findings, which one of the following should the EMT recognize?

• A) Shock caused by bleeding within the head
• B) Shock caused by bleeding, most likely in the abdomen
• C) Severe head injury with increasing pressure within the skull
• D) Past medical history of untreated hypertension

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Definitions:

Equilibration

Piaget’s term for the tendency to seek a stable balance among cognitive elements; achieved through a balance between assimilation and accommodation.

Adaptation

The process of adjustment or change in response to new conditions or environments, a fundamental aspect of biological and psychological evolution.

Disequilibrium

A state of cognitive imbalance between existing knowledge and new experiences, often leading to learning in developmental psychology.

Equilibration

A concept in developmental psychology referring to how children progress through different stages of cognitive development by balancing assimilation and accommodation.