A 47-year-old patient has been in cardiac arrest for 6 minutes. While you set up the AED, you would direct your partner to:
A) Perform CPR at a ratio of 30 ventilations to 2 compressions
B) Assist you in making sure that the AED is ready for application
C) Perform a primary and secondary assessment
D) Perform CPR until the AED is ready
D) Perform CPR until the AED is ready
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A) repeating the telephone number to the caller to verify correctness. B) the transposition of numbers. C) no address, name of caller, or return phone number. D) incorrect spelling of names or the use of initials to identify patients.
Each office should have an OSHA- ________ who is trained and aware of all the required controls for the use and storage of harmful substances.
A. certified technician B. compliance officer C. official inspector D. registered officer
Why should oxygen not be administered in this situation?
A 35-year-old female patient presents with a negative medical history. She has come to the office to have an amalgam placed in tooth number 20. Once seated in the dental chair, the patient begins to talk rapidly and clutches the arms of the chair. She admits no fear of the dental procedure but appears to be very nervous, then she begins to breathe rapidly and complains of tightness in her chest and a feeling of suffocation. She is hyperventilating
The most appropriate action for an insurance billing specialist in handling a request for release of patient information from an attorney who calls the office is to:
A. transfer the call directly to the physician B. inform the attorney that the request must be submitted in writing and accompanied by a valid release of information authorization signed by the patient C. provide the information requested only if the attorney can assure that the release of information authorization form was signed by the patient and is in the mail to the office D. call the patient and obtain verbal authorization to release the information to the attorney on their behalf