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You have been called to a residence for a 31-year-old patient complaining of confusion, nausea, vomiting, and a headache. He states that this started this morning and has been getting worse all day. Despite lying in bed and resting all day, he is more fatigued than before. Which of the following statements made by the patient would the EMT recognize as most important in relation to the patient's present complaint?
Clever Hans Effect
The phenomenon where a creature (notably a horse named Clever Hans) appears to be able to perform tasks requiring intelligence, but is actually responding to cues from humans.
Negative Correlation
An association between two elements in which the rise of one leads to the fall of the other.
Causation
The action of causing something, implying a relationship where one event is the result of the occurrence of another event.
Cause-and-Effect Conclusion
The determination that one event (the cause) directly leads to another event (the effect).
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