A student nurse is assisting with the care of a 50-year-old man who is being treated in the emergency department for hypothermia.The student asks the charge nurse why the patient is having his heart monitored.How should the nurse best respond?
A) Infusing intravenous (IV) fluids rapidly raise blood pressure (BP) and heart rate.
B) Adrenal output of epinephrine increases in response to cold stress.
C) Lactic acid from pooled blood in the extremities shunts back to the heart.
D) The warming process causes vasodilation.
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