1:When your cousin fainted at the mall, she was attended to by both an emergency medical technician and a paramedic. Using your own research and this article describe the difference between an EMT and a paramedic. In the past couple of lessons, you've learned about limitations in the allied health field that deal with education, credentials, ethics, and the law. When the EMT couldn't provide an IV to your cousin, with which of these limitations was he dealing?
2:When your cousin arrived at the emergency room, the emergency room technician declined to diagnose her. Why do you think that was so? Was that limitation due to education, credentials, ethics, or the law? Use evidence such as Web sites or notes from previous lessons to support your answer.
3:Considering your answer to #2 above, why do you think the physician's assistant asked you to leave the room when she told your cousin and her husband that she was pregnant?
4:In the scenario, the genetic counselor would not make any decisions for your cousin. To understand why this is, read the Genetic Counselor's Code of Ethics. Which of the points in the Code of Ethics might apply to this scenario?
5:When you made a joke to your cousin's pharmacist about pain medicine, the pharmacist did not think it was funny. Why might that be? Where might you look to get more information about this situation?