You have been called for a young male patient who has been acting withdrawn. As a precaution, dispatch also alerted police, who are now on scene with you. The patient appears depressed and when you ask him if he is thinking about hurting himself, he answers, "Yes." The next question asked by the EMT should be:
A) "Do you have a plan?"
B) "Do you take medications?"
C) "Are there guns in the house?"
D) "Do you want to go to the hospital?"
A) "Do you have a plan?"
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A) Mechanical failure, soft-tissue damage, obstruction, and lack of perfusion will interrupt this control. B) A structural reason that has caused collapse of the upper and lower airways to block the flow of oxygen to the alveoli can interrupt this control. C) A medical, structural, and mechanical failure that has initiated the cascade of life-threatening problems will interrupt this control. D) Medical reasons, infections, trauma, toxins, and drugs, along with neurologic disorders, can interrupt this control.
The basic needs required by every human being to sustain life are ____
A) esteem needs B) safety needs C) physiological needs D) love and affection needs