The principle that the provider has a professional obligation to care for a patient is known as
direct causation
duty
dereliction of duty
damage
duty
Rationale: Failure to use due care in the line of duty or dereliction of duty can result in direct causation of a patient's illness or damage to a patient's health.
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When using the Student Edition, you
A) cannot annotate a graph in the same way as a drawing. B) cannot view a graph and a flow sheet at the same time. C) cannot view graphs of a patient's weight and BMI at the same time. D) cannot resize a graph image.
Todd Man is a college freshman who has been brought to the ER by his roommates because he is vomiting due to consumption of eight cans of beer. Select the appropriate code(s)
303.00 Alcohol dependence, acute alcoholic intoxication, unspecified 303.02 Alcohol dependence, acute alcoholic intoxication, episodic 305.00 Alcohol abuse, unspecified 305.01 Alcohol abuse, continuous A) 303.00 B) 303.02 C) 305.00 D) 305.01
Ms. Lowell arrives for an appointment on February 8, 2017. She last visited the practice on May 14, 2016, and is scheduled to see the same physician. What should you, medical office receptionist, ask Ms. Lowell to do upon arrival?
A. Complete all forms required for new patients. B. Just have a seat and wait for the physician. C. Review and update the information on file, in case there are changes. D. Call her insurance company to verify coverage.
Which of the following patients is at greatest risk of respiratory failure and should be carefully monitored for ventilatory status throughout treatment and transport?
A) Flail chest B) Abdominal evisceration C) Hemopneumothorax D) Tension pneumothorax