Question

You assess a 25-year-old female who states that she took a large amount of anti depressants and other medications in an effort to take her life primary assessment reveals no life threatening conditions why is it important to get her medical history at this time rather than later on in the assessment or during transport emt

Answer 1

So you can better understand the patient’s condition or better understand what’s going on with there bodies what they can take what they can’t take so they don’t die from an allergic reaction