What is the medical assistant's main responsibility?

What will be an ideal response?


Although patient care is part of medical assisting, the medical assistant's main responsibility is to be the patient's advocate.

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A) A patient with plegia is potentially contagious, and the EMTs need to know what precautions are required. B) Without a clarifying prefix, it is difficult for the EMTs to effectively prepare for the type of patient they may encounter. C) Because a dysplegiac patient generally requires an EMT-Paramedic level of care, and it may change the level of response. D) There is actually no need to clarify the word.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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A. True B. False

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