You respond, along with fire department Emergency Medical Responders, to a 48-year-old female having a syncope episode in the bathroom. You find the patient sitting on the commode vomiting into the trash can. The vomitus appears to look like coffee grounds and has a foul smell. The patient is pale and has n weak for the past few days. She has:
A) hernia. B) GI bleeding.
C) abdominal aortic aneurysm. D) peritonitis.
B
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