You respond to a local restaurant for a behavioral emergency. You arrive on the scene with law enforcement to find a patient who is sweating, severely agitated, and wearing inappropriate clothing. You should suspect:

A) excited delirium.
B) dissociative disorder.
C) multiple personality disorder.
D) psychosis.


A

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a. The patient has an elevated hemoglobin. b. The patient is anemic. c. The patient's RBCs have been exposed to an elevated blood glucose for a prolonged period of time. d. The patient's RBCs need glucose.

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