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EMT Practice Test

Category - EMT-Basic

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While assessing a patient, they tell you that they have a history of PVD. What does PVD stand for?

Profuse Vaginal Discharge
Prostate Venereal Disease
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Psychotic Variable Disorder

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Answer: C - The abbreviation PVD stands for peripheral vascular disease. It is the most common disease of the arteries caused by fatty build-up of materials inside the vessels until it becomes blocked, narrowed, or weakened. Most people that suffer from this disease take medication for it so it is important to ask what medications that they are currently taking.

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