When Evaluating a Patient with Tuberculosis, Paramedics Should Protect Themselves

question 40

Multiple Choice

When evaluating a patient with tuberculosis, paramedics should protect themselves by:

• A) placing a HEPA respirator on the patient.
• B) wearing surgical masks.
• C) wearing HEPA respirators.
• D) placing nonrebreather masks on their patients.

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Definitions:

Persecutory Delusion

A false belief that one is being persecuted or harmed by others, often seen in psychotic disorders like schizophrenia.

Somatic Delusions

Beliefs related to the body.

Delusions of Reference

A false belief where individuals think that mundane occurrences or remarks are specifically directed at them in a meaningful way.

Penetrance

In genetics, the proportion of people with a given genetic endowment that actually express the effects of this endowment.