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You Are Called to a Nursing Home for an 85-Year-Old

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You are called to a nursing home for an 85-year-old patient complaining of abdominal pain.The patient has a history of dementia and cannot describe the pain to you.The nurse states the patient has n vomiting dark coffee ground emesis for about an hour.His blood pressure is 90/40,pulse 100,and respiratory rate of 24.Aside from the airway,what is your greatest concern?


A) The patient will go into hypovolemic shock.
B) The patient will have a myocardial infarction.
C) The patient will have a stroke.
D) The patient will become combative.

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