Your EMS partner has been through some hard times lately. He broke up with his wife a few months ago, and his father died last month. After not smoking for years, he's taken it up again and now chain-smokes. He's sometimes rude to patients, and when you try to talk with him about this, he cuts you off. Your partner is using stress management techniques best described as:

A) normal.
B) defensive.
C) detrimental.
D) neutral.


C

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A) CDs and the Internet. B) community resources, pamphlets, and written patient-instruction sheets. C) demonstrations of medical equipment. D) patient medical records.

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One of the most important elements of a successful move that involves more than one responder is good visual and verbal _______

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Drugs from which of the following schedules have the least potential for addiction and abuse?

a. Schedule II b. Schedule III c. Schedule IV d. Schedule V

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The two major factors that determine whether or not an elderly person will engage in sexual activity are

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