Addressing Adolescent Alcohol Use in the Emergency Department
QUESTION A 15-year-old patient is being treated in the emergency department for injuries sustained in a car crash. The patient’s speech is slurred, and the nurse smells alcohol on the breath. When the parents arrive and are asked about the patient’s alcohol use, they state that their child could not have been drinking because when they asked, the child denied drinking alcohol. What is the […]
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