A male patient who works in a steel fabricating plant has suffered a flash burn to his right arm and hand. Which assessment finding would assist the EMT in determining that the burn is superficial and not partial thickness?
A) Presence of pain
B) Poor capillary refill
C) Absence of blisters
D) Strong radial pulse
C) Absence of blisters
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You are transferring a patient from a nursing home to the hospital when you notice on the patient's record that he has hepatitis C. You know that hepatitis C:
A) can be prevented by vaccination. B) causes inflammation of the liver. C) is easily transmitted via mucous membranes. D) causes no symptoms in most patients.
After you applied the AED to a patient in cardiac arrest, it delivered a shock. Immediately after the shock, what should you do next?
A) Check the patient for a pulse and reanalyze the rhythm if no pulse is present B) Provide 2 minutes of CPR, and then check the patient for a pulse C) Check the patient for a pulse and start CPR if no pulse can be located D) Provide five cycles of single-rescuer CPR with a ratio of 15 compressions to 2 ventilations
When we take care of patients, we are required by law to report the __________ of abuse to governmental agencies
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
CCI code edits are organized into
A. mutually exclusive code edits. B. modifier indicators. C. column1/column2 code pair edits. D. all of these.