The Appropriate Response to a Triage Patient Who Is Experiencing

question 55

Multiple Choice

The appropriate response to a triage patient who is experiencing chest pain is ____.

• A) "It is just indigestion, so you need not worry about it."
• B) "Lie down and rest and it will go away."
• C) "I will tell the physician that you are having chest pain."
• D) "You should make an appointment for a complete physical within the next six months."
• E) "Go to the nearest emergency room immediately, preferably by ambulance."

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Definitions:

Perfectly Inelastic Demand

Product or resource demand in which price can be of any amount at a particular quantity of the product or resource that is demanded; when the quantity demanded does not respond to a change in price; graphs as a vertical demand curve.

Perfectly Elastic Demand

Product or resource demand in which quantity demanded can be of any amount at a particular product or resource price; graphs as a horizontal demand curve.

Graphed

A method of representing data visually using charts or plots to illustrate relationships between different variables.

Price Elasticity of Supply

A measure of how much the quantity supplied of a good responds to a change in its price.