An EMT is confronted by an armed gunman who is threatening to kill the EMT and his partner. An elevation in the EMT's heart rate and blood pressure occurs in which stage of the body's response to stress?

A) Exhaustion stage B) Alarm reaction stage
C) Response stage D) Resistance stage


B

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