You have arrived on the scene of an industrial plant where a female worker had a chemical splashed into her eye. She is complaining of severe pain in the eye and is flushing it with tap water over a sink. Which of the following questions is it MOST important that the AEMT ask FIRST?
A) "Do you take any medications?"
B) "Have you ever had an eye injury before?"
C) "Are you wearing contact lenses?"
D) "What is your past medical history?"
Answer: C
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You are working in an outpatient facility that performs ECGs by appointment. You go to the lobby to call your next patient. The patient gets up and comes with you, but you notice that he is out of breath. When you ask, he tells you that he works only two blocks away, but he was held up at the office and had to run in order to make his appointment time. Which of the following is your best course of action?
A. Explain that you need to wait for his vital signs to return to normal before running the ECG. B. Perform the ECG and place a note in the patient's file that his vital signs were abnormal. C. Compliment the patient on making his appointment time and perform the ECG. D. Ask the patient to make another appointment and come back when he is not out of breath.