You have been called for a geriatric patient with advanced dementia. The staff at the geriatric extended care facility believes that the patient has a urinary tract infection. At bedside, you find the patient to be confused and aggressive. She is on constant oxygen at 3 lpm for COPD. During transport, she repeatedly yells at you and strikes out at you. You would respond by
A) Applying a nonrebreather face mask with 3 lpm of oxygen
B) Contacting advanced life support for administration of a sedative
C) Tightening the straps so that she is tightly restrained to the stretcher
D) Moving away from the patient so she cannot strike you
D) Moving away from the patient so she cannot strike you
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An Emergency Medical Responder could be charged with abandonment in which of the following situations?
A) Reporting the patient condition to an EMT and turning over care before leaving the scene B) Turning over care to another Emergency Medical Responder at the scene of an incident C) Allowing a Paramedic to take over care and leaving the scene without giving a report D) Leaving your patient with another trained First Responder to go care for a second patient
At the ________, the operations chief will discuss the strategies and tactics needed to accomplish the incident objectives
A) operations period briefing B) planning meeting C) tactics meeting D) water cooler