A Scene Size-Up Is Performed for All of the Following

question 17

Multiple Choice

A scene size-up is performed for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

• A) to assess the mechanism of injury.
• B) to assess a baseline mental status.
• C) to provide information that will guide your medical care.
• D) to assess the need for additional resources.

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Definitions:

Just-World Phenomenon

The cognitive bias to believe that the world is just and people get what they deserve, which helps explain the tendency to blame victims.

Blame-The-Victim Phenomenon

A social phenomenon where the victim of a crime or any wrongful act is held entirely or partially responsible for the harm that befell them.

Adultery Prohibitions

Rules or laws that forbid marital infidelity or sexual relations outside one’s marriage.

Instinct

A complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned.