Medical Emergencies · single question
A patient swallows a crown during delivery. Which of the following would NOT be expected?
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Correct answer: C. Bradycardia (slow pulse)
- A. Expected — a swallowed crown passing into the GI tract is usually recovered in stool within 4-7 days; a chest/abdominal radiograph confirms location.
- B. Expected — the protective airway reflex is triggered immediately.
- C. Correct. An acute foreign-body event triggers sympathetic activation — the pulse rises, it does not slow. Bradycardia would suggest a vasovagal event, not aspiration/ingestion.
- D. Expected — catecholamine release from the acute event produces anxiety and an elevated heart rate.
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