Author Question: Which one of the following patients who refuse treatment must be transported to the hospital? A) ... (Read 36 times)

Lobcity · **on:** Jul 3, 2018

Which one of the following patients who refuse treatment must be transported to the hospital?

A) 16-year-old female who lives in her parents' house and has a child
B) Alert and oriented 57-year-old male who is having chest pain and is diaphoretic
C) A homeless man in his 50s who is dirty and disheveled and has a body-wide rash
D) 29-year-old female who attempted to cut her wrists earlier but now states it was an accident and she is not suicidal

Question 2

You have been dispatched to the site of a construction accident where a 36-year-old male patient was moderately cut by some machinery. His left arm has a 4 deep laceration that appears to have stopped bleeding with the gauze and direct pressure applied by his coworkers. Your knowledge of physiology suggests that which component of blood was partially responsible for forming clotting factors to stop the bleeding?

A) Platelets B) Plasma C) White blood cells D) Red blood cells