What is the term for care given to patients who are not confined to an institutional bed as inpatients at the time care is rendered?
A. Home Health
B. Ambulatory
C. Palliative
D. Both a and b, not c
Answer: B
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A. Type II B. Type III C. Type IV D. Type V
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A. legal responsibility B. minimum care as needed C. an expected level of performance D. obligation to care E. reasonable person standard
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A. Lumbar puncture B. Electroencephalography C. Cerebral angiography D. MRI E. PET scan
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A) treat for shock with oxygen, IV fluids, and secure patient to spine board. B) oxygen, IV, traction splinting, and give analgesics for pain as indicated. C) oxygen, IV, ladder splint as found, give analgesics for pain, and transport. D) give morphine, splint the extremity as found, and transport.