Your patient is a 15-year-old female who has n diagnosed with a personality disorder. She has no history of violent behavior. The staff at her residential care facility wants her to be transported for evaluation of a possible urinary tract infection. Which of the following is the BEST way to handle this situation?
A) Refuse to transport the patient without a police escort.
B) Have a female EMT attend to the patient.
C) Ask that the patient be given a tranquilizer injection prior to transport.
D) Transport the patient, but do not speak to her or perform an assessment.
Question 2
Abnormal distribution and return of blood from vasodilation, vasopermeability, or both, is the definition of:
a. cardiogenic shock. c. obstructive shock.
b. ischemic shock. d. distributive shock.
The patient interview often requires note taking.
Visual Acuity Testing: Assist the patient in occluding the eye.
Using adaptive equipment: (A) male putting on shoe; (B) female eating one handed.
A hearing-impaired patient using an interpreter.
Patient registration form.
Dissociative Identity Disorder