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A trauma patient who is 30-weeks pregnant arrives at the emergency department following a motor vehicle collision. Which normal physiologic change should be considered when assessing ventilatory status? A.Increased functional reserve capacity B.Increased oxygen consumption C.Decreased minute ventilation D.Slower desaturation rates with apnea {Ans: }A patient has been diagnosed with an incomplete spinal cord injury at L1. Which finding would indicate sacral sparing? A.Involuntary flexion of the great toe B.Priapism C.Voluntary anal sphincter tone D.Numbness to the perianal area {Ans: }A patient has received multiple transfusions of banked blood in the past two hours. The patient has now developed muscle tremors and short runs of ventricular tachycardia. Which of the following medications does the nurse anticipate administering? A.Hypertonic saline B.Calcitonin C.Insulin and glucose D.Calcium gluconate {Ans: }An adult was thrown against a concrete wall during a factory explosion and sustained a femur fracture, liver laceration, and a small subdural hematoma. These injuries most likely occurred during what level of blast trauma? A.Primary B.Secondary C.Tertiary D.Quaternary {Ans: }A trauma patient involved in a fall from 25 feet has a traumatic brain injury, three anterior rib fractures on the right side, a small pneumothorax on the right, and