Decisions about end of life care fall to the ___________ when the patient is not able to communicate his or her wishes
A. friends C. hospital administrator
B. family D. clergy
ANS: B
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a. desired effect b. potency c. dose d. dose–response curve
A 49-year-old male has summoned EMS because of a problem with his tracheostomy tube. At the patient's side, you note the tracheostomy tube to be protruding abnormally from the stoma in his neck. Your first action in caring for this patient would be to:
A) gently attempt to reinsert the tracheostomy tube. B) quickly establish a baseline SpO2 level. C) establish how the tracheostomy tube became dislodged. D) evaluate the patient's airway and breathing.
Radiation is best described as a:
a. substance that occupies space. b. resistor of heat. c. type of electricity. d. movement of energy.
An example of a laboratory duty for a medical assistant is ____.
A. removing sutures or changing dressings B. examining a patient C. maintaining laboratory equipment D. supervising personnel E. preparing a patient for an examination