Which of the following mechanisms would yield the greatest index of suspicion for serious injury?
A) Helmeted bicyclist losing control and falling off his bike onto a grassy surface at 15 miles per hour
B) Adult falling 5 feet from a ladder and landing in the mud
C) Seventy-mile-per-hour motor vehicle crash with partial ejection
D) Pedestrian struck by a car travelling 5 miles/hour
C
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When are you obligated to ensure that information remains confidential?
A) Whenever the client tells you something B) When you are speaking to the client's parents C) When you write anything that identifies a client by name D) When you are writing letters of appeal to the client's insurer
A sickle solubility test is requested STAT on a 45-year-old patient who is to have surgery very soon. The technologist receives the sample and immediately takes out the reagent from the refrigerator and performs the test. It comes back positive
The surgery is postponed until hemoglobin electrophoresis is performed, and it shows a normal distribution of adult hemoglobins. What is the most likely reason for the discrepant result? a. There was a false positive on the sickle solubility test because of the cold reagent. b. The hemoglobin electrophoresis findings need to be confirmed on acid gel. c. There was a false negative on the sickle solubility test because of inadequate mixing. d. The wrong patient was drawn.
Which of the following is NOT considered a modifiable risk factor for coronary heart? disease?
A) Stress B) Gender C) Obesity D) Diet
If a patient has additional insurance coverage, after the primary payer's RA has been posted, the next step is
A. waiting until the patient pays. B. waiting until the primary insurance bills the second payer. C. determining what the write off amount is. D. billing the second payer.