Your crew is called for a patient with chest pain. When you arrive you find a large gathering of people watching an important football game. Your patient is reluctant to move from the TV room but the watchers are loud and the television is blaring. The environment is making it difficult to communicate with your patient. The primary problem effecting communication is:
A) empathy.
B) confrontation.
C) facilitation.
D) interference.
Answer: D
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