You Are Responding to a Drug-Related Emergency

question 38

Multiple Choice

You are responding to a drug-related emergency. While en route, the dispatcher informs you that the patient has overdosed on an unspecified narcotic. Which of the following statements made to your partner indicates an understanding of overdoses with narcotic drugs?

• A) "We will have to be careful because narcotic overdoses can cause hallucinations, and the patient may be violent."
• B) "When performing the primary assessment, we need to be alert for respiratory depression."
• C) "If the patient is conscious, we will have to ask about chest pain since narcotics can increase the heart's workload."
• D) "We need to look at the pupils. If they are dilated, the patient has indeed taken a narcotic."

Recognize the postmodern perspective on career development.

Identify the "four Cs" of career adaptability described by Savickas.

Understand the foundations and significance of the career construction theory and the life design paradigm.

Interpret career as a narrative or story in response to societal changes.

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Median Age

The age that divides a population into two numerically equal groups, half being younger and half older than this age.

Indigenous Population

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