Notesale: Turn your study into money

Document Preview

Extracts from the notes are below, to see the PDF you'll receive please use the links above

---

TRAUMA FISDAP QUIZE ALL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS(GRADED A+)
...
Which of the
following information is NOT an important factor in care of the patient?
a)Height of the ladder
b)Distance the patient fell from
c)Surface the patient landed on
d)What part of the body hit first - CorreCt Answers -a)Height of the ladder
You respond to a 23-year-old male patient involved in a motor vehicle
collision
...
You should:
a)Take the blood pressure in both arms and compare
b)Treat this patient for shock
c)Assess his femoral pulse
d)Reassess his vitals every 15 minutes - CorreCt Answers -b)Treat this
patient for shock
A weak thready radial pulse and strong carotid pulse is a symptom of shock
...
The knife is still lodged in the
patient
...
How should you manage the knife
wound?
a)Stabilize the knife and rapid transport
b)Remove the knife immediately and apply direct pressure to stop any
bleeding

c)Remove the knife and apply an occlusive dressing
d)Do not touch the knife, continue to manage ABCs and rapid transport
only - CorreCt Answers -a)Stabilize the knife and rapid transport

While assessing a patient for excessive bleeding on his forearm, you notice
a steady stream of dark red blood
...
The condition this patient is most likely suffering from is:
a)Pericardial tamponade
b)Flail chest
c)Hemothorax
d)Pneumothorax - CorreCt Answers -d)Pneumothorax

The spinal cord injury most associated with hangings is:
a)Dissection
b)Distraction
c)Compression
d)Extension - CorreCt Answers -b)Distraction

This injury is caused by the pulling away of vertebrae due to the excessive
forces placed upon them

You respond to the scene of a gunshot victim who has been shot in his right
arm
...
What should be done first for this patient?
a)Hold pressure, raise the patients arm, and then utilize a pressure point
b)Apply direct pressure first, if bleeding cannot be controlled then find a
proximal pressure point and hold pressure
c)Immediately apply a tourniquet first
d)Attempt to control the bleeding by immediately applying a bulky dressing
and holding direct pressure
...
If
bleeding cannot be controlled, apply a tourniquet
According to the newest guidelines, the EMT should immediately place a
tourniquet if initial direct pressure points have shown very little success of
decreasing bleeding

Which of the following would be considered a life threat?
a)Mandible fracture
b)Radial fracture
c)Femur fracture
d)Tibia fracture - CorreCt Answers -c)Femur fracture
A broken femur can cause excessive blood loss and shock in a matter of a
few minutes

You are dispatched to a patient who has gotten an unknown chemical into
his eyes due to a chemical waste spill
...


Which of the following bones, if fractured, poses the most severe internal
bleeding risk?
a)Humerus
b)Spine
c)Femur
d)Pelvis - CorreCt Answers -c)Femur

After an explosion, your patient is trapped in debris from a collapsed
structure and has suffered crush injuries to his lower extremities
...
Two are refusing treatment and the last
is complaining of neck and back pain
...
- CorreCt Answers -d)Have your
partner obtain refusals from the two patients who refused treatment, while
you treat the last patient
...
He
is currently being held face up at the surface of the water
...
What is the best course of action for this
patient?
a)Jump into the pool and begin CPR
b)Remove the patient from the pool, immobilize, and transport
...
You have applied direct pressure to the wound, but it
continues to soak through the bandages
...
How is a temporary cavity
formed?
a)By the twisting of the projectile
b)By energy scrubbing off of the projectile
c)The wadding entering the body
d)Unspent gun powder - CorreCt Answers -b)By energy scrubbing off of the
projectile

The way a patient is injured is often referred to as the
_______________?
a)Mechanism of injury
b)Nature of illness
c)Injury pattern
d)Energy transfer - CorreCt Answers -a)Mechanism of injury

When approaching a scene of trauma incident, what is your first order of
business?
a)Airway

b)C-Spine control
c)Body substance Isolation
d)Scene safety - CorreCt Answers -d)Scene safety

A large collection of blood under the skin is known as?
a)Contusion
b)Abrasion
c)Hematoma
d)Bruise - CorreCt Answers -c)Hematoma

Your trauma patient has her left hand caught between rollers on a conveyor
belt
...
Evaluation of the injury during
extrication showed delayed capillary refill distal to the injury
...
There are no obvious fractures, no lacerations, and minor swelling
...
If your patient has lost the distal onethird of a lower extremity, what would that injury be called?
a)Amplitude
b)Avulsion

c)Extremity exodus
d)Amputation - CorreCt Answers -d)Amputation

In any traumatic event where there is tissue damage that caused bleeding,
the bleeding needs to be controlled
...
You notice that there is a laceration directly over the suspected
fracture
...
What type of fracture would this be?
a)Greenstick
b)Comminuted
c)Closed
d)Open - CorreCt Answers -d)Open

En route to the hospital, you intubate the patient
...
What is most
likely causing this wheezing?
a)Inhalation injury to the upper airway
b)Inhalation induced cardiac wheezing
c)Inhalation induced asthma attack

d)Inhalation injury to the lower airway - CorreCt Answers -d)Inhalation
injury to the lower airway

Following the immobilization of an extremity fracture to the lower right
arm, the paramedic should perform what step last?
a)Ensuring the splint is applied tightly
...

c)Assessing presence of distal motor, sensory, and perfusion
...


You are treating a 24-year-old female with a gunshot wound to the right
side of the back
...
She is awake but confused
...
Breath
sounds are clear and equal bilaterally
...

Blood pressure is 90/78 mmHg, heart rate is 124 beats per minute, and
respiratory rate is 28 per minute and labored
...
What condition do you think is most likely present
with this patient?
a)Hemothorax
b)Tension pneumothorax
c)Pericardial tamponade
d)Lacerated aorta - CorreCt Answers -c)Pericardial tamponade

You are treating a 24-year-old female with a gunshot wound to the right
side of the back
...
She is awake but confused
...
Breath
sounds are clear and equal bilaterally
...

Blood pressure is 90/78 mmHg, heart rate is 124 beats per minute, and

respiratory rate is 28 per minute and labored
...
Which of the following treatment regimens would be
the most appropriate for this patient?
a)High flow oxygen, spinal precautions, occlusive dressing over entrance
wound, rapid transport
...

c)High flow oxygen by nonrebreather, cover entrance wound with an
occlusive dressing
...
- CorreCt Answers -a)High flow oxygen, spinal precautions,
occlusive dressing over entrance wound, rapid transport
...
His nose is deviated to the left with moderate epistaxis
...
He is alert and oriented with no loss
of consciousness
...

b)Have patient lie supine while holding pressure to nares
...

d)Have patient sit upright and lean forward while holding pressure to
nares
...


You are called for an elderly female that fell down and hurt her knee
...
She denies any loss of consciousness or trauma to her head
...

During your assessment, you notice deformity and swelling to the femur,

proximal to the knee
...
What would be the most appropriate treatment for this
patient?
a)Secure to a backboard and pad appropriately
b)Application of padded board splints
c)Traction splinting
d)Inflation of the PASG on both legs - CorreCt Answers -a)Secure to a
backboard and pad appropriately

Which of the following patients would be most appropriate for triage to a
non-trauma center?
a)67-year-old female who was electrocuted by a 220 volt electrical outlet
b)19-year-old male involved in a single car MVC at a rate of 25 miles per
hour
c)25-year-old female with a 1-inch laceration on her thigh
d)14-year-old male who fell 11 feet out of a tree, landing on his back CorreCt Answers -c)25-year-old female with a 1-inch laceration on her
thigh

You have responded to a local residence of a 37-year-old male who had
lacerated his leg while using a chainsaw in the back of his house
...
Your assessment of
the patient reveals him to be responsive to painful stimuli with a weak
carotid pulse and the blood pressure unobtainable
...
The wife tells you
that the wound is arterial and the injury occurred about 10 to 15 minutes
ago
...

b)Apply an arterial tourniquet and call for ALS support
...

d)Continue applying direct pressure to the wound and transport
...


Which of the following findings in a crush injury is typically the earliest and
most prominent?
a)Pain
b)Pulselessness
c)Paresthesia
d)Paralysis - CorreCt Answers -a)Pain

Your 26-year-old female patient has been pulled out of a house fire
...
The area is charred and the patient
states she has little pain in the burned area
...
The patient was reportedly beaten about the face and head with
a baseball bat
...
Evaluation of the patient's face

reveals instability from the orbits to the mandible
...

b)Orally intubate the patient and assist ventilations with a Bag-Valve-Mask
...

d)Insert a nasal airway and assist ventilations with a Bag-Valve-Mask
...


When managing an open fracture, you should do which of the following?
a)Cover the exposed bone ends with a moist sterile dressing
...

c)Leave the wound exposed if there is no massive bleeding from the area
...
- CorreCt Answers a)Cover the exposed bone ends with a moist sterile dressing
...
These symptoms are likely due to what
mechanism?

a)Primary blast injury
b)Secondary blast injury
c)Tertiary blast injury
d)Toxic inhalation of natural gas - CorreCt Answers -a)Primary blast injury

While assessing the carotid and radial pulse in your unresponsive patient,
you determine that the carotid pulse is weak and rapid, and the peripheral
pulses are absent
...
How should you proceed
...
After assessing that the object is not
blocking his airway, what is the best course of action for this patient?
a)Remove the object by pushing it through the same direction as it entered
b)Remove the object by pulling it back out the way it entered
...

What type of injury does this patient have?
a)Strain
b)Sprain
c)Fracture
d)Dislocation - CorreCt Answers -b)Sprain

What is the best treatment for a suspected fracture of the talus bone?
a)Apply a traction splint, heat, and elevate the leg
b)Apply a traction splint, ice, and elevate the arm
c)Splint the ankle, apply ice, and elevate
d)Splint the foot, apply heat, and elevate - CorreCt Answers -c)Splint the
ankle, apply ice, and elevate

When dealing with a patient who has suffered an injury to the back of his
head, what part of the brain would you suspect will be affected?
a)Frontal
b)Occipital
c)Parietal
d)Temporal - CorreCt Answers -b)Occipital

Your patient is a 34-year old male with a large laceration to the abdomen,
and the abdominal organs are protruding from the wound
...
What do you do?
a)Stop the ambulance and begin CPR

b)Tell your partner to drive faster; you need to get this patient to the
hospital now
c)Reassess your patient
d)Call medical control - CorreCt Answers -c)Reassess your patient

You are transporting an unconscious patient
...
This call
should be considered:
a)Not a traumatic emergency
b)A traumatic emergency, that requires airlifting the patient to the nearest
level 1 trauma center
c)A significant mechanism of injury
d)Not a significant mechanism of injury - CorreCt Answers -d)Not a
significant mechanism of injury

A fall greater than ______ would be considered a significant mechanism
of injury in a patient under the age of 8
...
Upon
examination, you notice clear fluid leaking from the patient's ear, that you
believe to be cerebral spinal fluid
...
What should you do?

a)Stabilize the elbow with a sling and swathe
b)Immobilize the arm with a traction splint
c)Align with gentle traction until resistance is met
d)Immobilize the arm as it was found - CorreCt Answers -c)Align with
gentle traction until resistance is met

What is the term for the injury in which the epidermis remains intact, but
cells and blood vessels in the dermis may be damaged?
a)Contusion
b)Evisceration
c)Hematoma
d)Avulsion - CorreCt Answers -a)Contusion

A 41 year old male was kicked in the chest by a horse
...
Vital signs are BP 96/78
...
What should you suspect?
a)Congestive heart failure
b)Cardiac tamponade
c)Pulmonary embolism
d)Pulmonary edema - CorreCt Answers -b)Cardiac tamponade

A 21 year old male is semi-conscious and lying kiddywampus at the bottom
of 2 flights of stairs
...

What should you do?
a)Check for a distal circulation
b)Apply manual stabilization to her femur
c)Apply a traction splint
d)Immobilize her on a long back board - CorreCt Answers -b)Apply manual
stabilization to her femur

What is most life threatening for an adult patient?
a)Bubbling wound to the chest
b)Bowel evisceration
c)Active bleeding from the forehead
d)Compound tibia fracture - CorreCt Answers -a)Bubbling wound to the
chest

What type of injury results from prolonged compression forces applied to
soft tissue?
a)Avulsion
b)Crush injury
c)Concussion
d)Convolution - CorreCt Answers -b)Crush injury

Which injury or condition should be managed first in a patient with multisystem trauma?
a)Fluid drainage from both ears
b)Bleeding within the oral cavity
c)A large open abdominal wound
d)Bilateral fracture to the femur - CorreCt Answers -b)Bleeding within the
oral cavity

A 25 year old male has a deep laceration on his right forearm
...
But the wound continues
to bleed
...
She is
unconscious, breathing deep and fast with an abrasion to the lateral aspect
of her neck
...

He was the restrained driver involved in a car crash at high-way speeds
...
What should you do?
a)Manually stabilize c-spine
b)Expedite transport
c)Administer oxygen
d)Apply direct pressure - CorreCt Answers -d)Apply direct pressure

What is the best care for a suspected hemothorax?
a)Applying an occlusive dressing
b)Providing manual ventilations
c)Transporting rapidly
d)Stabilizing the chest segment - CorreCt Answers -c)Transporting rapidly

A 22 year old male has a knife impaled in the upper right quadrant of his
abdomen
...
What should you suspect?
a)Spontaneous pneumothorax

b)Diaphragmatic tear
c)Abdominal evisceration
d)Splenic rupture - CorreCt Answers -b)Diaphragmatic tear

A 21 year old male has a large piece of glass impaled in his eye
...
He has minor
bleeding from the wound
...
He is
anxious, pale and has absent lung sounds on the left side
...
What should you suspect?
a)Tension pneumothorax
b)Pulmonary contusions
c)Pericardial tamponade
d)Flail chest - CorreCt Answers -a)Tension pneumothorax

A symptom is_____________while a sign is________________
...

a)Hot
b)Warm
c)Cool
d)Contract - CorreCt Answers -c)Cool

What does the letter P stand for in DCAPBTLS?
a)Pain
b)Pleural edema
c)Pupillary responses
d)Penetrations - CorreCt Answers -d)Penetrations

Which of the following is NOT a high priority condition?
a)Poor general impression
b)Unresponsiveness
c)Severe pain
d)Childbirth - CorreCt Answers -d)Childbirth

Your patient has suffered a chainsaw vs
...
His wife who is a nurse
tells dispatch that he has lost about 400 mL of blood
...

a)200 mL
b)500 mL
c)750 mL
d)1000 mL - CorreCt Answers -b)500 mL

With regard to the SAMPLE history, a patient's pale skin would be
considered __________
...
There is front end damage to the vehicle
and both occupants are still strapped into the front seat
...
What
should you do?
a)Put them both on high flow O2 with collars on and let them sit in the back
of the ambulance on the way
b)Treat them at the scene and let them go home
c)After putting on collars, put both patients on back boards using a KED
sled or similar device
d)Insert an oral airway and bag them both at 12-20 breaths per minute CorreCt Answers -c)After putting on collars, put both patients on back
boards using a KED sled or similar device

What is a burn that involves the epidermis and the dermis but no
underlying tissue?
a)Partial thickness burn
b)Double dermis burn
c)Full thickness burn
d)Bakers burn - CorreCt Answers -a)Partial thickness burn

What is a hemorrhage?
a)Not a cause of shock
b)Severe bleeding
c)Not a threat to perfusion
d)Always the cause of shock - CorreCt Answers -b)Severe bleeding

You and your partner Grimes are called to the scene of a stabbing
...
A woman with a stab wound to the URQ and a
man with a stab wound to the LRQ
...
The patient with the stab wound to the LRQ is
complaining of severe abdominal pain and has a pulse of 48 and a
respiration rate of 24
...
His pulse is too slow as well
b)The woman, because if she cannot breathe well her BP will drop
c)The man, because a respiration rate of 24 is indicative of low blood
pressure
d)Neither will have a low blood pressure, they will both be high - CorreCt
Answers -a)The man, because of the nature and location of the injury, he
may be losing blood internally
...
What percentage of her body is
burned?
a)29
b)36
c)20
d)18 - CorreCt Answers -c)20
chest - 9
abdomen - 9
hands - 2

A 6 month old male has full thickness burns to his head, right arm, and
back
...
What percentage of body surface area is burned?
a)9
b)21
c)4
d)18 - CorreCt Answers -a)9
anterior lower leg - 4
...
5

A 23 year old male has a partial thickness burns to his anterior thighs and
full thickness burns to his perineum
...
he has burns to
his hands, anterior forearms and upper chest
...
Which
classification method should you use to determine the percentage of body
area burned?
a)Rule of Palm
b)Lund and Browder Chart
c)Rule of Nines
c)Broselow tape - CorreCt Answers -a)Rule of Palm

A 21 year old male fell asleep by the pool for 5 hours
...
What percentage of his body is
burned?
a)27
b)45
c)50

d)36 - CorreCt Answers -b)45
chest - 18
anterior legs - 18
anterior arms - 9

A 3 year old male has full thickness burns covering his arms, posterior
trunk and right leg
...
He has a partial and full
thickness burns to the anterior surface of his neck, chest, and abdomen
...

What percentage of his body is burned?
a)45
b)29
c)18
d)37 - CorreCt Answers -d)37
both anterior legs - 18
both posterior legs - 18
genitals - 1

How does a full thickness burn present?
a)mottled white and red areas that are sensitive to cold
b)dark red with painful blisters
c)red, blistered and extremely painful
d)white, waxy and painless - CorreCt Answers -d)white, waxy and painless

A 3 year old female has circumferential second degree burns reaching up to
her knees on both legs
...
What percentage of burns did he
receive?
a)48
b)13
...
5 - CorreCt Answers -b)13
...
5

A 49 year old male has burns on the front of both arms and his entire chest
above the costal margin
...
5 - CorreCt Answers -c)18
anterior arms - 9
superior chest - 9

Which of the following patients would it be appropriate to perform only a
focused physical examination instead of a rapid trauma assessment?
a)A 42 year old male who complains of neck "stiffness" after a moderate
speed collision
b)An 82 year old male who is unconscious with a minor scrapes and
scratches after a 2-foot-fall
c)An alert 13-year-old male who fell off his skateboard and is now
presenting with a deformed lower leg
d)A 22 year old female who complains of severe wrist pain after tripping in
her kitchen - CorreCt Answers -d)A 22 year old female who complains of
severe wrist pain after tripping in her kitchen
The only patient who is responsive and doesn't have a significant
mechanism of injury
...
This device is
MOST commonly used for which type of scenario?
a)A seated patient
b)A standing patient
c)A child patient
d)A supine patient - CorreCt Answers -a)A seated patient
KED are designed primarily for vehicle collisions where a patient may be
sitting
...
You
notice severe bleeding from his right forearm and the patient complains of
severe left thigh tenderness
...
Pulse 120
...
Pulse 66
...
Pulse 112
...
Pulse 80
...
Pulse 120
...
Of the following patients, the patient who is must susceptible to

hidden injuries would be the 2-year-old child due to the inability for the
patient to adequately relay information to you
...
Which of
the following could MOST easily cause death?
a)Trauma from the seat belt
b)Ejection of the patient from the vehicle
c)Crush injury
d)An unrestrained passenger striking multiple parts of the interior of the
vehicle - CorreCt Answers -b)Ejection of the patient from the vehicle
Rollovers have the tendency to be very serious traumatic events
...
Which assessment factors will tell you most about the patient's
condition?
a)Mental status
b)Pupils
c)Lung sounds
d)Blood pressure - CorreCt Answers -a)Mental status
For head trauma patients, level of consciousness and mental status should
be of the most concern when determining the severity of a patient's
condition

Upon your initial assessment of a trauma patient, you find the patient to
have a rapid and weak pulse, shallow breathing, decreased lung sounds on

the left side, and dullness to the left upon percussion
...

Hemothorax typically presents with dullness upon percussion of the
affected side and flat neck veins
...
Of the answer's
shown, the injuries involving the contusions and lacerations would be
caused by the patient's body crashing into the inside windshield of the car
...
Vehicle
damage would be first, and the aortic rupture/brain compression would be
third
...
A cut of varying lengths is a laceration, the scraping of the skin is an
abrasion, and an hematoma is caused by excessive bleeding under the skin

You need to perform a log roll to a place your patient with suspected spinal
injury on a backboard
...


The best care for a patient with a flail chest includes:
a)Rapid transport only, do not touch the flail segment
b)Stabilizing the flail segment with a bulky dressing
c)Applying an occlusive dressing
d)Bag valve mask ventilation - CorreCt Answers -b)Stabilizing the flail
segment with a bulky dressing
Stabilizing the flail segment will improve respirations, but with positive
pressure ventilation the patient will have the most adequate gas exchange
...
You are concerned of the possibility of a subdural hematoma
...
You notice deformity of her lower right leg
...
He
has suffered a soft tissue injury to his lower leg with significant swelling and
bleeding
...
Next, complete the
initial assessment including the airway and breathing, and finally transport
as soon as possible
...


What is the most common form of shock?
a)Cardiogenic shock
b)Hypovolemic shock
c)Neurogenic shock
d)Septic shock - CorreCt Answers -b)Hypovolemic shock

Which of the following vital signs changes last when a patient goes into
shock?
a)Increased heart rate
b)Cool, clammy skin
c)Decreased blood pressure
d)Increased respiratory rate - CorreCt Answers -c)Decreased blood
pressure
Blood pressure decreases in decompensated shock and of the options listed
is the last vital sign to change
...


Of the following patients, which is showing EARLY signs and symptoms of
shock?
a) 4 year-old-female
...
Pulse 104
...
BP 78/42
...
Cool clammy skin
c)37 year-old-female
...
Pulse 56
...
BP 100/78
...
Cool clammy skin - CorreCt
Answers -d)29 year-old-male
...
Pulse 102
...


Brain swelling can be life threatening due to:
a)The brain having little room for expansion inside the skull
b)The cutting off circulation of the brain
c)The greatly increased chance of brain hemorrhage

d)The brain can press up against the spinal cord - CorreCt Answers -a)The
brain having little room for expansion inside the skull
This can cause herniation and death

What is happening to a patient when he is in shock?
a)The patient is unable to maintain an adequate heart rate
b)The body is experiencing hypoperfusion
c)The body is experiencing hyperperfusion
d)The body has lost a significant amount of blood - CorreCt Answers -b)The
body is experiencing hypoperfusion

In a rear-impact motor vehicle collision, which area of the spine is most
susceptible to injury?
a)Thoracic
b)Sacral
c)Lumbar
d)Cervical - CorreCt Answers -d)Cervical
The cervical spine is commonly injured due to the "whiplash" effect
...


To properly immobilize a forearm fracture, the EMT should splint:
a)Wrist, elbow, and fracture site
b)Fracture site only
c)Wrist and elbow
d)Elbow and shoulder - CorreCt Answers -a)Wrist, elbow, and fracture site
Splint above, below and the fracture site

While performing a rapid trauma assessment you discover crepitation
...
You should next:
a)Tilt the board and suction
b)Keep the patient secured to the board and suction the airway
c)Insert a combitube to secure the airway
d)Remove the patient from the board and clear the airway - CorreCt
Answers -a)Tilt the board and suction

You respond to an alert 14 year old male who sprained his ankle while
roller-skating
...
Upon assessment you find him to be alert and oriented with pale, cool,
clammy skin
...
Which is
appropriate when spinal immobilizing this patient?
a)Apply padding between the legs
b)Tie both thumbs together to prevent excessive movement
c)Apply padding under the patient's shoulder
d)Placing a towel under the patient's head - CorreCt Answers -c)Apply
padding under the patient's shoulder
to prevent the hyperextension of the neck

You are called to the scene of a MVC involving a 27 year old female patient
...
Which condition is the MOST likely suffering from?
a)Pericardial tamponade
b)Pneumothorax
c)Pericarditis
d)Cardiac contusion - CorreCt Answers -a)Pericardial tamponade
Pulsus paradoxus is defined as changes in the systolic blood pressure
during inspiration and is a common symptom of pericardial tamponade
...
Pale, cool, and clammy skin
...
Alert and oriented x 4 with RUQ tenderness

b)A patient who is bleeding out of one of his ears
c)A patient with a deformed forearm that is tender upon palpation
d)A patient who experienced a brief LOC but is now alert and oriented x 4 CorreCt Answers -a)A patient with a blood pressure of 100/68
...
A pulse of 120
...
This would be most indicative of:
a)A flail chest
b)A tension pneumothorax
c)Cardiac tamponade
d)Floating ribs - CorreCt Answers -a)A flail chest
Although a pneumothorax could be possible for this patient, they are often
associated with unequal breath sounds
...


A 23 year old male was just assaulted and sustained massive blunt trauma
to his abdomen
...
For what condition should you treat this patient?
a)Aortic rupture
b)Hypovolemic shock
c)Neurogenic shock
d)Ruptured spleen - CorreCt Answers -b)Hypovolemic shock
Although conditions such as a ruptured spleen could be possible for this
patient, always focus on the bigger picture being the loss of blood, internal
or external, that occurs with hypovolemic shock

---