EMT Practice Test

Category - EMT-Basic

Difficulty breathing, anxiety, abnormal blood pressure, sudden onset of sweating, and squeezing, dull pressure to the chest are signs of symptoms of what?
  1. Stroke
  2. Hypoglycemia
  3. Cardiac compromise
  4. Panic attack
Explanation
Answer: C - A patient who presents with difficulty breathing, abnormal blood pressure, sudden onset of sweating and squeezing dull pressure to the chest are signs and symptoms of cardiac compromise. Other signs and symptoms include irritability, feeling of impending doom, abnormal/irregular heartbeat, epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, and pain radiating down the arms or into the jaw.
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