Question

question 18 1 point which of the following could increase a patients pulse? exposure to cold pain medication sleeping fever weight loss

Explanation:

Exposure to cold usually causes vasoconstriction and can lower heart - rate, pain medication often has a sedative effect and can slow the pulse, sleeping is a state of rest with a lower pulse rate, and weight loss doesn't directly increase pulse in a typical sense. Fever increases the body's metabolic rate, causing the heart to pump more blood to meet the increased demand, thus increasing the pulse.

Answer:

fever