You are dispatched for a patient with chest pain. Your patient tells you that she has had shortness of breath and chest pain for about 20 minutes. Which of the following will give you the best information regarding your patient's chest pain symptoms?
A) Have you taken your medications correctly? B) Do you have a history of chest pain?
C) Is the pain in your chest a sharp pain? D) Describe how the pain feels.
Question 2
Your patient is an 18-year-old female college student who is supine in bed and responsive only to painful stimuli. Her roommate states that they went to a party last night. She says the patient only drank soda, but now she thinks a guy who had been following them around might have put something in the patient's drink. Physical examination reveals cool, dry skin and pupils sluggish to light bilaterally. HR = 72, BP = 112/64, RR = 10, SaO2 = 98. Which of the following drugs was most likely slipped into her drink?
A) Flunitrazepam
B) LSD
C) Amphetamines
D) Opium
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