You are treating a male patient with a sickle cell crisis. Vital signs are: pulse 124, respiration 22, blood pressure 156/92, and SpO2 93%. What instruction would you provide to other EMTs in the care of this patient?
A) "Let's place the patient on a nasal cannula with 4 lpm of oxygen."
B) "I need someone to administer aspirin so we can thin his blood and get it moving."
C) "The best thing we can do is just to transport to the emergency department."
D) "Remember that using a blood pressure cuff can cause significant bruising."
A
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A) The number of grams of a drug in 1ml of a normal solution. B) A measurement equivalent to the number 1,000. C) A measurement equivalent to the number 1,000,000. D) The number of grains of a drug in 1 millidram of a normal solution.
A coder who fully captures all of the diagnoses and procedures documented by the physician for a particular encounter has met the quality criteria of:
A. reliability. B. validity. C. completeness. D. timeliness.
Which of the following is NOT true about the ICD-10-CM Table of Drugs and Chemicals?
A) When a patient intentionally harms himself/herself, it is coded to suicide attempt. B) Underdosing is a new concept and has its own column in the table. C) Poisonings are reported with a combination code that describes both the substance and intent. D) The therapeutic use column used in ICD-9-CM has been named Adverse Effects in ICD-10-CM.
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A. R53.83, D59.4 B. D58.2 C. D59.4 D. R53.83, D58.8