Problem: Prehospital care providers arrive at the scene of a medical emergency to find a 77-year-old reporting difficulty breathing. The patient is oriented to person and place but is unable to provide information to time. They also notice problems with the patient's thought process: they are an unreliable historian. The prehospital care provider finds numerous containers of medications around the home. Some prescription medicines are dated from three years previous. What should treatment for this patient include? Administer ipecac to be sure that any medication this patient took does not get absorbed. Call poison control. Administer activated charcoal to neutralize any medications taken, so they do not get metabolized. Gather all medications (prescription, OTC, and herbal) and take them to the hospital with the patient. Need Assignment Help?