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You are mentoring a new EMT. Which of the following could help your protge understand the importance of treating a patient empathetically?
 
  A) Take him to an Assisted Living facility and introduce him to some of your regular patients.
  B) Explain to him the various ways you can get a patient to give you a refusal.
  C) Show him different ways that he can get another unit to take the calls on skid row.
  D) Spend time showing him how to operate the airway equipment on the ambulance.

Question 2

Which of the following would demonstrate empathy for a patient?
 
  A) Advise an alcoholic that he must quit drinking if he hopes to get better.
  B) Talking to a COPD patient about the dangers of smoking cigarettes.
  C) Tell a patient that it would be less expensive to take a cab to the hospital.
  D) During a cold snap, try to locate a jacket for a homeless man.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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