A patient was injured when the car he was driving hit a telephone pole. The patient is 6 feet tall and weighs 200 pounds. The car was traveling at approximately 25 miles per hour when it hit the 36-inch diameter wooden pole. The nurse would calculate which pounds per square inch of impact for this patient?
1. 833.3
2. 30,000
3. 5000
4. 12,245
Answer: 3
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1. 100–250 mm Hg 2. 10–250 dynes/sec/cm2 3. 400–800 mm Hg 4. 800–1,400 dynes/sec/cm2