Seventy-two hours after a major accident involving multiple broken bones, the patient would be expected to be in the _____ phase
a. critical
b. stress
c. ebb
d. flow
D
After major stress, such as an accident causing multiple broken bones, patients are in the ebb phase (commonly known as shock) for 36 to 48 hours. By 72 hours after the injury, they would be in the flow phase and would be highly hypermetabolic.
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