Health Professions - Emergency Medical Services. Quiz Level 5

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You are transporting a restrained 23-year-old female patient with a past history of sexual abuse and multiple behavioral problems. She is very upset with being restrained as well as with being transported to the hospital. She informs you that she will take you to court for your actions. Consequently, you are concerned about false accusations. What is your best protection should she follow through with legal action?

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After restraining a violent patient on the stretcher, which action is it essential that the EMT perform as soon as reasonably possible?

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A group of EMTs is preparing to restrain a large and violent patient. Which instruction from the team leader is most appropriate?

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Which statement made by an EMT shows a proper understanding of what is required when restraining a patient?

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An EMT is transporting a restrained patient who is trying to spit on him. Which action would the EMT be justified in doing?

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You have had to restrain a patient who is being involuntarily committed to a psychiatric institution. During the restraint process, the patient vomited. How should you position him on the stretcher?

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Which one of these patients is the EMT justified in restraining?

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You are at a scene where a patient was calm and compliant until a few seconds ago. Now he is brandishing a knife and threatening to kill you and your partner if you do not immediately leave. The man is intoxicated and police have been notified but have not yet arrived. What is your best course of action?

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You arrive on scene to find that the police have subdued a violent man with a history of psychiatric problems. The police state they will put the patient on the stretcher. Which action should cause the EMT to take immediate and corrective action?

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You are preparing a 24-year-old male for transport to the hospital after he stated that he wanted to kill himself. The patient's father pulls you aside and tells you that his son repeatedly has been in the hospital for suicidal statements but is then released and comes home and the whole cycle repeats itself. He is worried that one day his son will actually commit suicide and wonders if there is anything he can do to decrease the chance of this happening. In regard to the most common means by which people commit suicide, you should respond by saying:

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You are at the scene where a male patient threatened to take pills to end his life. In talking with the patient, he informs you that he just got a new job that requires more of his time and his wife has been giving him a hard time about it. Tonight, he had enough and just made the comment because he was mad at her. He says that although he is still upset, he does not plan to do anything "drastic." Before taking further action, which fact about the patient should raise the EMT's suspicion that he is indeed at a higher risk for suicide?

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After taking a patient to the hospital for an unsuccessful suicide attempt, your partner states that this is the fifth suicide call he has had this month. Four of them have been women who were unsuccessful; the fifth was a man who shot himself in the head and was dead on the scene. How should you respond to your partner?

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Given the research related to suicide, which patient should the EMT recognize as the highest risk for a suicidal action?

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You have been dispatched to transfer a patient with schizophrenia from a hospital emergency department to a behavioral health unit at another hospital. While en route, your partner states that he cannot remember what schizophrenia is. You should tell him that schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder commonly characterized by:

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You are responding to a patient with a psychiatric problem. While you are en route, dispatch contacts you and states that a mental health provider is present at the scene and you will be transporting the patient to the local psychiatric hospital for treatment of her bipolar disorder. At the scene, which behavior should help confirm that the patient has bipolar disorder?

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A woman has called you to help her middle-aged friend, who has stopped eating and talking and has frequent crying spells. Your history reveals that the woman lost her husband a few months ago, and has been withdrawn and despondent ever since. Throughout the assessment, the alert and oriented woman continually states that she wants to be left alone. When you bring the stretcher into the room, the woman states, "I do not want to go to the hospital. Let me sign whatever I need to sign." What is your best response to this situation?

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A patient states that she cannot leave the house to go to the hospital "because I am scared I will do something idiotic and lose it and then everyone will look at me and laugh." She states she rarely leaves the house and the last time she did, she began to hyperventilate. This caused her to return home immediately. Based on this information, the EMT should recognize the patient as having:

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What is your first priority in managing a patient with a psychiatric (behavioral) emergency?

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