A 77-year-old female is unresponsive, but breathing and with a pulse. On scene, a family member hands you an official document stating that the patient does not want feeding tubes, ventilators, or other long-term life support equipment to keep her alive. There is no mention of whether to administer life-saving drugs or withhold cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The EMT would recognize this document
as a(n):
A) durable power of attorney.
B) living will document.
C) Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order.
D) implied consent.
B
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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a. anions. b. cations. c. covalents. d. electrolytes.
Lab technician
What will be an ideal response?
A special report is necessary to send to insurance carriers when a procedure is relatively new or rarely reported. This report must include description of the nature, extent and need for the procedure, time, effort, and equipment necessary, symptoms, physical findings, concurrent findings, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, final diagnosis, and _____________________________________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word