Which of the following BEST describes the importance of effective communication of patient information in the verbal report when handing off a patient?
A) Patient treatment can be based on this information.
B) Additional information that was not given in the radio report can be provided.
C) Changes in the patient's condition can be communicated.
D) All of the above
Question 2You are mentoring a new EMT. Which of the following could help your protge understand the importance of treating a patient empathetically?
A) Take him to an Assisted Living facility and introduce him to some of your regular patients.
B) Explain to him the various ways you can get a patient to give you a refusal.
C) Show him different ways that he can get another unit to take the calls on skid row.
D) Spend time showing him how to operate the airway equipment on the ambulance.
Question 3The branch of medicine that deals with the management of obese patients is called:
A) adipositics.
B) lipidenosis.
C) steatpheresis.
D) bariatrics.