A female patient has been involved in a motorcycle crash. Your scene size-up reveals her to be unresponsive and lying in the roadway. It also appears that her left leg has been amputated at the knee. Which one of the following should you do immediately?
A) Assess the leg for bleeding.
B) Perform the jaw-thrust maneuver.
C) Cover the knee with a sterile dressing.
D) Locate the amputated leg.
B
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A. A-tool B. J-tool C. K-tool D. Shove knife
Information, electronic or handwritten, that records the reasons a physician saw a patient is known as ________
Fill in the blank with correct word.
A medical assistant may be asked to use telephone ________ to determine what action to take when a patient calls with a clinical problem.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following highlights important text that appears in a prominent place in the Care Tree of the patient's chart?
A. Pop-up box B. Chart Alert C. Annotated notes D. None of these.