Which of the following is NOT an example of a mechanism of injury?
A) An episode of chest pressure
B) A fall from a ladder
C) A low-speed motor vehicle collision
D) A high-velocity gunshot wound
A
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A blood clotting abnormality such as thrombocytopenia can sometimes be detected by seeing:
A. fomites on the patient. B. edema at the area of a mastectomy. C. petechiae on the patient. D. the patient faint in the venipuncture procedure.
The area in which special rescue teams operate is known as the ____________ ____________ ____________
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A small car and tanker truck loaded with gasoline have collided. The car is lodged under the tanker, from which gasoline is leaking from a ruptured valve. The car engine is smoking and the threat of fire and explosion is great. Assessment reveals your patient to be unresponsive with a patent airway, but breathing with difficulty at 8 times a minute. In caring for this patient, your immediate
action should be to: A) promptly open the airway and suction prior to moving the patient. B) rapidly extricate the patient and provide care away from the wreckage. C) quickly obtain vital signs and then extricate the patient from the car. D) immediately start positive pressure ventilation and place a vest immobilization device for extrication.
The following questions may require the use of an ICD-9-CM code book to select the correct answer. Myringotomy with tube insertion is coded to procedure code __________
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