Your partner is ventilating an apneic woman at a rate of 24 breaths/min while you reassess her vital signs. You notice that her systolic BP has decreased by 20 mm Hg and her heart rate has increased by 25 beats/min. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of these vital sign changes?
A) The patient is being ventilated too fast
B) The patient is in a supine position
C) The patient overdosed on cocaine
D) The patient has an intracranial hemorrhage



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