Which of the following was NOT a factor in the 2005 implementation of the inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system (IPF PPS)??

A) assessment scores
B) ?comorbidities
C) patient age
D) ?MS-DRG


A

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You are delivering positive pressure ventilations to a patient who is breathing poorly and has absent breath sounds in the right lung. Which of these instructions would you provide to those responders who are ventilating the patient?

A) "Make sure to really get those ventilations into his good lung. He needs the oxygen." B) "Use the minimal tidal volume possible, just enough to make the chest rise and fall." C) "If his SpO2 is 85% or greater, let's stop the ventilations and put him on high-concentration oxygen with a face mask." D) "Let's use just room air for the ventilations. We don't want to cause a tension pneumothorax by giving pure oxygen."

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A ____ is a metal ring that is used to attach a sling or rope to another part of the rope rescue system.

A. pulley B. carabiner C. prusik D. harness

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Which is NOT one of the physiological factors affecting blood pressure?

A. Korotkoff sounds B. Volume or amount of blood in the arteries C. Peripheral resistance of the vessels D. Condition of the heart muscle

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