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forumdoctor
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04/21/07 - 01:09 AM

A 25-year-old male gets into a brawl outside a bar. During the
altercation, someone pulls out a gun and shoots him in the head.
The bullet enters the man's temple and severs his right optic nerve
completely. He is quickly transported to a nearby emergency room and
an emergency physician tests his pupillary response by shining a light
in the right eye. What will the physician most likely find?
A. No pupillary constriction in the right eye, and no pupillary constriction in the left eye
B. No pupillary constriction in the right eye, but pupillary constriction in the left eye
C. Pupillary constriction followed by pupillary dilatation in both eyes
D. Pupillary constriction in the right eye, and no pupillary constriction in the left eye
E. Pupillary constriction in both eyes
F. Pupillary dilatation in both eyes

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04/21/07 - 03:23 AM

Jackofknives
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04/21/07 - 04:56 AM

F. patient is dead

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04/21/07 - 08:36 AM

yup, letter A

new_n_lost
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04/21/07 - 09:57 AM

Jackofknives wrote:
F. patient is dead

Shud Be F cos a bullet thru the Temple But Jack Remmember this a Bond Style Question ( MLE somehow Loves Bond)

A

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04/21/07 - 11:09 AM

I am going with F.

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04/22/07 - 02:25 AM

They are asking "what will the physician most likely find", well, he will must likely find a dead patient.

The thing is a bullet has rotation movement imparted to its projection, once it enters the pterion (highly vulnerable area) it converts the brain into a little blender damaging far more than just the diameter of the bullet’s projection. And if the bullet doesn’t pierce through the scalp at the other end it will deflect and make the cranium a little pinball machine.

Wouldn’t it be wise to answer what you think is correct; instead of answering what YOU think they want you to pick.

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