Question

Which isolation precautions should the staff institute?

A client with severe shortness of breath comes to the emergency department. He tells the emergency department staff that he recently traveled to China for business. Based on his travel history and presentation, the staff suspects severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
A. Droplet precautions
B. Airborne and contact precautions
C. Contact and droplet precautions
D. Contact precautions

Answer 1

Answer: Airborne and contact precaution.

Step-by-step explanation:

The client with severe shortness of breathe comes to the emergency department. He told the emergency team that he recently went to china for some work. The respiratory syndrome is caused sue to coronavirus.

The person is suffering from acute respiratory syndrome so he must be protected from the airborne stuffs and contact precaution so that other cannot suffer from the respiratory syndrome as it spreads by particles released from the mouth and nose of the diseased person.