An OEC Technician would recognize which of the following situations as acute abdominal emergency?

a. A patient who complains of stomach pain and has bad-smelling gas
b. A woman who says she drank tequila last night and now has stomach pain
c. A child whose sister has hepatitis and who has just vomited for the first time
d. A ski racer who hit a tree and has significant left flank pain.


Answer: d

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