Benefits offered by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) include
A. guaranteed salary and job.
B. opportunity to travel with job.
C. professional publications and educational opportunities.
D. free admission to an accredited formal medical assisting program.
C. professional publications and educational opportunities.
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Match the following types of palpatory touch with their descriptions
1. Static touch 2. Fingertip palpation 3. Flat-finger palpation 4. Cross-fiber strumming 5. Broad-hand gliding 6. Pincher palpation a) Grasping the muscle belly between the thumb and fingers. b) Running the fingertips back and forth across a specific area. c) Pressing into the area being palpated with a precise, pointed, and targeted touch. d) Running the entire surface of the hand along the area being palpated. e) Pressing the plantar surface of the fingers into the area being palpated. f) Resting the hands over an area of the body to quietly sense and observe it.
The first arterial blood gas for an asthma patient in the emergency department reveals: pH 7.49; PaCO2 30; PaO2 82; SaO2 95%; HCO3? 24 on a nasal cannula 3 L/min
The patient's peak expiratory flow rate was 165 L/min, respiratory rate was 16 breaths/min, and pulse 106 beats/min. After continuous aerosolized albuterol over the past hour, the patient's cur-rent ABG results are as follows: pH 7.34; PaCO2 45; PaO2 49; SaO2 79%; HCO3? 25 on a high flow nasal cannula 15 L/min. The patient's peak expiratory flow rate is 95 L/min, respiratory rate 35 breaths/min, pulse 128 beats/min, and the patient is diaphoretic. The respiratory therapist should suggest which of the following at this time? a. Change to a nonrebreather mask. b. Begin continuous positive airway pressure. c. Intubate and initiate mechanical ventila-tion. d. Initiate noninvasive positive pressure ven-tilation.
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a. alcohol b. water c. semisolid d. gas
Match the managed care term with its descriptor.
A. prepaid, organized system for providing comprehensive health care services within a geographic area to all persons under contract B. allows patients to choose the type of provider they will receive care from at or near the point of time the care will be received C. an entity composed of health care providers who contract with an employer or private health insurance company to deliver services at a discounted rate in return for a promise of a high volume of patients D. physicians employed by an HMO can only treat those patients who are members of the HMO plans E. similar to a PPO except that the patient must stay within the provider network to receive care F. provides coordinated health care services by concentrating on vertical integration