A patient states that she cannot leave the house to go to the hospital "because I am scared I will do something idiotic and lose it and then everyone will look at me and laugh." She states she rarely leaves the house and the last time she did, she began to hyperventilate. This caused her to return home immediately. Based on this information, the EMT should recognize the patient as suffering from:
A) anxiety.
B) agoraphobia.
C) schizophrenia.
D) bipolar disorder.
B
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A. Nasopharyngeal airway B. Bag-valve mask C. Soft airway D. Oropharyngeal airway
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A) Fitness coordinator B) Nutrition expert C) Fitness instructor D) Nutrition consultant
Bacteria that have the ability to resist decolorization with alcohol after being treated with Gram's crystal violet stain are known as:
A. gram negative B. penicillin G C. staphylococci D. gram positive
Which of the following codes has an instructional notation to use additional codes to identify exposures and histories?
a. C30.1 b. C31.9 c. C34.00 d. C37