During a patient interview to obtain medical history, responders should ask several key questions to establish important information that can affect decisions about appropriate patient treatment. Each of the following choices is an appropriate question and reason for the question during a patient interview except one. Which choice is not an appropriate question and reason for asking the question during a patient interview?
Explanation
Answer: D - During patient interviews, all of the questions above are appropriate and serve the purposes described except asking a patient about use of drugs. It is advised that responders avoid the use of the terms drugs or recreational drugs, which can imply abuse and make a patient less cooperative. Also, your primary concern is for the health of the patient. If you feel that a patient is not fully disclosing information, share your feeling with the EMTs who take over and document this information in both your patient assessment notes, as well as the patient assessment record used by the EMTs.
