Clean the blood area with paper towels to remove most of the spill. Cloth towels should not be used unless they are to be thrown out.
You are dispatched to a residence for a 59-year-old male with an unknown emergency. when you arrive, you find the patient sitting on the couch. he is conscious, is noticeably diaphoretic, and complains of dizziness and weakness. during your assessment, you note a large, well-healed vertical scar in the center of his chest and a small bulge just under the skin in the upper left part of his chest. his blood pressure is 90/50 mm hg, pulse is 44 beats/min and weak, and respirations are 24 breaths/min and unlabored. what is the most likely cause of this patient's condition?
- Artificial pacemaker failure
Drink water and go to sleep. There is no easy way to sober someone up
Answer:
Dissociative amnesia is a type of dissociative disorder that involves inability to recall important personal information that would not typically be lost with ordinary forgetting. It is usually caused by trauma or stress. Diagnosis is based on history after ruling out other causes of amnesia.
Dissociative amnesia has been linked to overwhelming stress, which may be caused by traumatic events such as war, abuse, accidents, or disasters. The person may have suffered the trauma or just witnessed it.
Explanation:
Answer: Most likely A, or B.
