You Are Enroute to a Home for an 8-Year-Old with "Noisy

question 16

Multiple Choice

You are enroute to a home for an 8-year-old with "noisy" breathing and a cough. As you respond, which of the following pieces of advice would you give your partner, a new EMT?

• A) "We will need to be careful. Children of this age group tend to throw tantrums, and we could get hurt if we are not careful."
• B) "The scene probably will be chaotic, so let's just get the patient out to the ambulance and assess him there."
• C) "Although most children of this age are trusting of authority, let's approach slowly and make the scene work for us."
• D) "Most children in this age group have a short attention span, so we need to assess him as quickly as possible."

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