Question

Upon arrival to the emergency room, the mother of a client involved in a motor vehicle accident becomes upset when she learns her son is unconscious and unstable. The mother begins to yell at the emergency room staff in unintelligible words, and she is trembling. She becomes short of breath and yells she can't breathe. What is the mother likely experiencing?A: fearB: a coping mechanismC: a psychosomatic disorderD: anxiety

Answer 1

Answer:

A: fear

Explanation:

Woman, shown in the above question, is experiencing a state of extreme fear, also known as a panic attack. This extreme fear arose from the woman's apprehension about the state of health of her child who had an accident. The result of this fear attack is hysteria, difficulty breathing, difficulty speaking and forming consistent sentences, difficulty moving, and tremors. The woman shown in the question demonstrates all these symptoms, so we can say that she is having a fit of fear.