A group of 5 AEMTs is preparing to restrain a large and violent patient. Which one of the following instructions given by the team leader is MOST appropriate?
A) You distract him by coming at him from the front and the rest of us will come at him from different directions, each taking a separate limb.
B) You grab his head and the rest of us will grab his legs and chest, and then let's get him face down on the stretcher.
C) Since you are trained in martial arts, try to give him a kick to his stomach, then when he goes down, the rest of us will grab his arms and legs.
D) Two of us will get him from the front and the other two from the back. Let us do this slowly so no one gets hurt.
Question 2
You are treating a patient with a history of asthma. You have administered two albuterol breathing treatments and the patient had used their own inhaler three times before calling you. Which of the following describes an expected side effect of the medication administration?
A) Respiratory rate decreasing from 30 to 24 breaths per minute
B) Relaxation of bronchial smooth muscle
C) Tachycardia
D) Bronchospasm
Taking a Patient's Blood Pressure
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A partnership between the patient and the health care provider.
Patient Physical Status Classification
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