While assessing a patient with acute abdominal pain, you note that his abdomen is very rigid. When asked to relax his stomach muscles, he does. The EMT would recognize this patient as demonstrating:
A) Voluntary guarding
B) Rebound guarding
C) False rigidity
D) Involuntary rigidity
A) Voluntary guarding
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A) negative dromotropic B) negative chronotropic C) positive dromotropic D) positive chronotropic
Which of the following is NOT a method to enter data into the office visit note?
A. Tapping on pop-up text with a stylus B. Clicking on pop-up text with a mouse C. Typing directly in the text box D. All of these are methods of data entry in an office visit note.
What U.S. state has the highest percentage of smokers?
A) New York B) Arizona C) Utah D)Kentucky
Match the role with its description.
A. measure and assess the quality of clinical and patient care services and offer recommendations for improvement B. act to reduce medical, financial, and legal risk to an organization through investigation, analysis, and recommendations for corrective action C. directs the patient registration functions, setting guidelines for preregistration and registration of patients and managing the computerized registration process D. coordinate the coding and claims processing functions associated with revenue cycle management E. assist in the design, implementation, and monitoring of clinical research studies F. also called claims examiners; review health care claims for medical necessity and reasonableness of costs G. compare preestablished criteria against the health care provided to the patient to determine whether that care is necessary and communicate those results through narrative and graphical reports H. coordinate the delivery of health care, whether on a departmental or organization-wide basis I. coordinate the activities of a health care provider's office, including the health information, personnel, finance, insurance, and risk management functions J. directs the credentialing process of physicians and allied health staff of an organization