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NREMT Paramedic

Category - Trauma

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Diving emergencies while at the bottom of the dive involve nitrogen narcosis or “ruptures of the deep.” This is due to nitrogen’s effect on what functions?
  1. Limbic system functions
  2. Cerebral functions
  3. Thalamus functions
  4. Olfactory functions
Explanation
Answer: B - Nitrogen narcosis or “ruptures of the deep” is due to nitrogen’s effect on cerebral functions. “The squeeze” or barotraumas, is also a diving emergency, in which a diver on descent cannot equilibrate the pressure between the nasopharynx and the middle ear through the eustachian tube.
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