Your Patient Is in Four-Point Restraints and Starts to Spit

question 21

Multiple Choice

Your patient is in four-point restraints and starts to spit at you during transport. You should:

• A) put a nonrebreather mask on the patient but do not administer oxygen.
• B) place the patient prone, with his face turned away from you.
• C) place a surgical mask over the patient's mouth and nose.
• D) wear a HEPA respirator or an N-95 mask.

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