A patient is brought to the emergency department by friends, who state that the patient was in a bar fight and got stabbed in the leg about 15 minutes ago. The nurse would anticipate that the body would respond by a(n)
a. increase in serum glucose.
b. decrease in serum glucose.
c. heart rate of 72/minute.
d. respirations of 16/minute.
A
The body responds to a traumatic injury by increasing glucose in the fight-or-flight situation.
The body responds to the fight-or-flight situation by increasing glucose, not decreasing glucose.
After a traumatic injury, the sympathetic nervous system would be stimulated, which would cause an increase in the heart rate, not a decrease.
After a traumatic injury, the sympathetic nervous system would be stimulated, which would cause an increase in respirations, above the normal 12 to 16 breaths/minute.
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