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EMT - NREMT Exam - Qbank 18
When assessing a patient with abdominal pain, you should:
visually assess the painful area of the abdomen, but avoid palpation because this could worsen his or her condition
observe for abdominal guarding, which is characterized by sudden relaxation of the abdominal muscles when palpate
ask the patient to point to the area of pain or tenderness and assess for rebound tenderness over that specific are
palpate the abdomen in a clockwise direction, beginning with the quadrant after the one the patient indicates is painful
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