McGraw-Hill Education's EMT-Basic Exam Review, Third Edition by peter a. diprima

Author:peter a. diprima
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-18T16:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 3

EMS Communication and Documentation

Upon arriving at the scene of a patient in severe respiratory distress, you begin assessing the patient and determine the respiratory difficulty is secondary to being stung by a hornet. The patient is complaining of respiratory difficulty, urticaria, and angioedema, and the patient is describing a closing sensation of the throat. You and your partner decide the patient requires an intramuscular injection of epinephrine, and begin transport per local protocol. You contact medical control via cellular phone and give your presentation to the physician. The physician orders you to administer 0.3 mg of epinephrine IM using the Epipen. Your communication via cell phone for medication orders from the medical control physician are complete and the patient states the tightness feeling in the throat has subsided. This mode of communication is an example of what type of communication?

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