A female patient who called 911 when she noticed blood in her stool is scared and anxious. Her pulse rate is 124 and her blood pressure is 88/60 mmHg. After you get her vital signs, she nervously asks you if they are normal. Given her anxiety, you should:
A) change the subject.
B) inform her of the vital signs.
C) tell her they are normal.
D) reassure her that she is fine.
B
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A colleague generates a best-fit line through a set of data points and asks you to confirm its usefulness and goodness-of-fit. You perform a root-mean-squared-error (RMSE) calculation and come up with a very small RMSE value
Based on this value you determine that the best-fit line A) deviates far from the data points. B) fits the data well. C) is useless for interpolation but valid for extrapolation. D) predicts a value that is too far from the actual value.
ICD-10-PCS tables are organized in __________ that identify the general type of procedure, and each of the 7 characters in a table has a specific meaning
a. chapters b. headings c. sections d. subsections
The American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine recommends the use of prophylactic knee braces because of their efficacy in reducing injuries to the collateral ligaments.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The concept of consent refers to all of the following, EXCEPT the:
A) patient's age. B) patient's mental capacity. C) severity of the patient's injury. D) patient's ability to make rational decisions.