Anatomy & Physiology (6th Edition)
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Author: Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn
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Chapter 18, Problem 2CCS
Mr. Hutchinson, another middle-aged victim of the collision on Route 91, has a tourniquet around his thigh when admitted in an unconscious state to Noble Hospital. The emergency technician who brings him in states that his right lower limb was pinned beneath the bus for at least 30 minutes. He is immediately scheduled for surgery. Admission notes include the following:
Multiple contusions of lower limbs
Compound fracture of the right tibia; bone ends covered with sterile gauze
Right leg blanched and cold, no pulse
Blood pressure 90/48; pulse 140/min and thready; patient diaphoretic (sweaty)
Will the fracture be attended to, or will Mr. Hutchinson’s other homeostatic needs take precedence? Explain your answer choice and predict his surgical treatment.
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Ch. 18.8 - Prob. 11CYUCh. 18.8 - The kidneys play an important role in maintaining...Ch. 18.8 - Your neighbor, Bob, calls you because he thinks he...Ch. 18.8 - Prob. 14CYUCh. 18.9 - Suppose you are in a bicycle race. What happens to...Ch. 18.9 - If many arterioles in your body dilated at once,...Ch. 18.10 - Prob. 17CYUCh. 18.11 - Prob. 18CYUCh. 18.11 - Prob. 19CYUCh. 18.11 - Prob. 20CYUCh. 18.11 - You are assessing the circulation in the leg of a...Ch. 18.11 - In what important way does the area drained by the...Ch. 18.11 - Prob. 23CYUCh. 18.11 - Prob. 24CYUCh. 18.11 - Name the leg veins that often become varicosed.Ch. 18 - Which statement does not accurately describe...Ch. 18 - Smooth muscle in the blood vessel wall (a) is...Ch. 18 - Peripheral resistance (a) is inversely...Ch. 18 - Which of the following can lead to decreased...Ch. 18 - Prob. 5MCCh. 18 - Prob. 6MCCh. 18 - The structure of a capillary wall differs from...Ch. 18 - Prob. 8MCCh. 18 - The myocardium receives its blood supply directly...Ch. 18 - Blood flow in the capillaries is steady despite...Ch. 18 - Prob. 11MCCh. 18 - Tracing the blood from the heart to the right...Ch. 18 - Prob. 13MCCh. 18 - Prob. 14MCCh. 18 - How is the anatomy of capillaries and capillary...Ch. 18 - Prob. 16SAQCh. 18 - Write an equation showing the relationship between...Ch. 18 - Prob. 18SAQCh. 18 - Describe the neural mechanisms responsible for...Ch. 18 - Explain the reasons for the observed changes in...Ch. 18 - Prob. 21SAQCh. 18 - Prob. 22SAQCh. 18 - How are nutrients, wastes, and respiratory gases...Ch. 18 - Prob. 24SAQCh. 18 - Physiologists often consider capillaries and...Ch. 18 - Mr. Hutchinson, another middle-aged victim of the...Ch. 18 - Mr. Hutchinson, another middle-aged victim of the...Ch. 18 - Mr. Hutchinson, another middle-aged victim of the...
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