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2. Which of the following statements best describes knife wounds? Their velocity is
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4. Injury to which body structure is commonly a DELAYED finding in the blast trauma patient? Heart
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aerobic metabolism exceeds anaerobic metabolism.
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, 6. shock is the most common type of shock immediately after traumatic injury.
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7. Which findings suggest a trauma patient is experiencing cardiogenic shock?
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8. A multisystem trauma patient has become progressively tachycardic and hypotensive one week after
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