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berenicecastro

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You are providing care to a 54-year-old male patient complaining of chest pain. The patient asks to speak to you privately. He tells you he is taking Cialis for erectile dysfunction and his wife does not know he is taking it. He does not want his wife to find out. As you are putting the EMS bags back in the ambulance, the wife corners you and insists that you tell her what her husband said. What should you do?
 
  A) You should not tell her. By law, your conversation with your patient is confidential.
  B) You should tell her. As his spouse, she is legally entitled to know his medical information.
  C) You should not tell her. There is no reason to humiliate your patient by disclosing his embarrassing condition.
  D) You should tell her. He may be having an affair without her knowledge and she needs to be tested for sexually transmitted diseases.

Question 2

Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding the S3 heart sound?
 
  A) It is commonly heard in children.
  B) It is a high-pitched sound heard at the end of diastole.
  C) It is the dee part of the lub-dub-dee cadence.
  D) It can develop with ventricular failure or ventricular volume overload.


Sammyo

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Reply #1 on: Jul 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B


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