Your EMS partner has been through some hard times lately. He broke up with his wife a few months ago, and his father died last month. After not smoking for years, he's taken it up again and now chain-smokes. He's sometimes rude to patients, and when you try to talk with him about this, he cuts you off. Your partner is using stress management techniques best described as:
A) normal.
B) defensive.
C) detrimental.
D) neutral.
Question 2
You have arrived at a residence for a 66-year-old female who is in cardiac arrest. In the living room, you find Emergency Medical Responders performing CPR on the patient. They quickly report that they found the patient in cardiac arrest and have been doing CPR for 5 minutes. Which one of the following statements should you make at this time?
A) Let's stop CPR so I can check the airway, breathing, and circulation.
B) Let's stop CPR so I can put the electrodes of the AED on her chest.
C) Let's continue CPR for another 2 minutes, and then I will put the AED on.
D) Let's continue CPR while I talk with the family to see if they want us to continue.
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