This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer
« previous next »

Author Question: Why do patient refusals warrant more thorough documentation than typical EMS calls? A) Additional ... (Read 43 times)

Alygatorr01285

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 564
on: Jul 2, 2018
Why do patient refusals warrant more thorough documentation than typical EMS calls?
 
  A) Additional witnesses must be quoted.
  B) The patient is usually not competent.
  C) There is more time available before the next assignment.
  D) The potential for abandonment charges is greater.

Question 2

A family has called you for a 41-year-old male they cannot wake up. They state he has been threatening to kill himself and believe that he may have intentionally overdosed on his pain medications. As you enter the patient's bedroom, you observe him supine on the floor with his eyes closed. As he breathes, you hear snoring respirations. As a knowledgeable EMT, you recognize which one of the following?
 
  A) He will require immediate suctioning.
  B) He is sleeping and has not overdosed.
  C) His tongue is partially blocking the airway.
  D) His respiratory rate must be less than 10 per minute.
Paramedic Care: Principles & Practice, Volume 1 ¦ Bledsoe, Porter, Cherry ¦ 5th Edition
Buy Test-Bank


Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

covalentbond

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 336
Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Lorsum iprem. Lorsus sur ipci. Lorsem sur iprem. Lorsum sur ipdi, lorsem sur ipci. Lorsum sur iprium, valum sur ipci et, vala sur ipci. Lorsem sur ipci, lorsa sur iprem. Valus sur ipdi. Lorsus sur iprium nunc, valem sur iprium. Valem sur ipdi. Lorsa sur iprium. Lorsum sur iprium. Valem sur ipdi. Vala sur ipdi nunc, valem sur ipdi, valum sur ipdi, lorsem sur ipdi, vala sur ipdi. Valem sur iprem nunc, lorsa sur iprium. Valum sur ipdi et, lorsus sur ipci. Valem sur iprem. Valem sur ipci. Lorsa sur iprium. Lorsem sur ipci, valus sur iprem. Lorsem sur iprem nunc, valus sur iprium.
Answer Preview
Only 39% of students answer this correctly


Alygatorr01285

  • Member
  • Posts: 564
Reply 2 on: Jul 2, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

phuda

  • Member
  • Posts: 348
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

« previous next »
 

Did you know?

Only 12 hours after an egg cell is fertilized by a sperm cell, the egg cell starts to divide. As it continues to divide, it moves along the fallopian tube toward the uterus at about 1 inch per day.

Did you know?

Certain rare plants containing cyanide include apricot pits and a type of potato called cassava. Fortunately, only chronic or massive ingestion of any of these plants can lead to serious poisoning.

Did you know?

Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.

Did you know?

As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.

Did you know?

Blastomycosis is often misdiagnosed, resulting in tragic outcomes. It is caused by a fungus living in moist soil, in wooded areas of the United States and Canada. If inhaled, the fungus can cause mild breathing problems that may worsen and cause serious illness and even death.

Electroencephalography (EEG). To perform the EEG, electrodes attached to the patient’s head pick up Electroencephalography (EEG). To perform the EEG, electrodes attached to the patient’s head pick up
A medical assistant helps the physician with a patient. A medical assistant helps the physician with a patient.
A typical aboveground oil storage tank. A typical aboveground oil storage tank.
Bell’s palsy, showing typical drooping of one side of the face. Bell’s palsy, showing typical drooping of one side of the face.
Life cycle of a typical flowering plant. Life cycle of a typical flowering plant.
Video: Brain Lobes Animation

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library