You have worked with the same partner for several years and know him well. Over the past three months, the two of you have had four horrific pediatric calls with death as the outcome of each. Which observation would make you the most suspicious that your partner is experiencing a possible stress reaction that might encumber his ability to work as an EMT?

A) Excessive and uncharacteristic irritability
B) Request to be scheduled for night shifts
C) Interest in going back to school to study accounting
D) Statement that he intends to drop to part-time status


A) Excessive and uncharacteristic irritability

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