This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer
« previous next »

Author Question: If a competent adult refuses care, you should: a. have the patient placed in police custody. b. ... (Read 96 times)

ashley

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 584
on: Jul 3, 2018
If a competent adult refuses care, you should:
 
  a. have the patient placed in police custody.
  b. restrain the patient and transport.
  c. document the situation thoroughly.
  d. not argue with the patient and notify dispatch that you are back in service.

Question 2

You have been called to a bar full of intoxicated patrons for a 46-year-old man who fell off his stool, injuring his left arm. As you assess his arm, he screams in pain. Several of the patrons get angry and yell for you to give him something for pain. Someone in the back throws a bottle in your direction. What should you do next?
 
  A) Leave the scene and only return when police have made it safe to do so.
  B) Ignore the yelling and continue to care for the patient as you would anyone else with a similar injury.
  C) Inform the patrons that you are a medical professional and will care for the patient as you have been educated to do so.
  D) Contact medical command for permission to give aspirin as a pain medication.


Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

Dnite

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 297
Reply #1 on: Jul 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

A


ashley

  • Member
  • Posts: 584
Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
:D TYSM

Chelseyj.hasty

  • Member
  • Posts: 319
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

« previous next »
 

Did you know?

Critical care patients are twice as likely to receive the wrong medication. Of these errors, 20% are life-threatening, and 42% require additional life-sustaining treatments.

Did you know?

All adults should have their cholesterol levels checked once every 5 years. During 2009–2010, 69.4% of Americans age 20 and older reported having their cholesterol checked within the last five years.

Did you know?

Lower drug doses for elderly patients should be used first, with titrations of the dose as tolerated to prevent unwanted drug-related pharmacodynamic effects.

Did you know?

Normal urine is sterile. It contains fluids, salts, and waste products. It is free of bacteria, viruses, and fungi.

Did you know?

When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).

Sharing patient information with colleagues is an important nursing role Sharing patient information with colleagues is an important nursing role
A nurse communicates with her non–English-speaking patient through an interpreter A nurse communicates with her non–English-speaking patient through an interpreter
Review of Health and Illness over the Adult Years Review of Health and Illness over the Adult Years
Patient Teaching Methods Cont. Patient Teaching Methods Cont.
Perform Adult Rescue Breathing and One-Rescuer or Two-Rescuer CPR Perform Adult Rescue Breathing and One-Rescuer or Two-Rescuer CPR
(a) Chicken pox vesicles. (b) Chicken pox on back of young patient. (a) Chicken pox vesicles. (b) Chicken pox on back of young patient.
Video: Interview with an Anorexic Woman (Part 1 of 2)

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library