Recording lab procedures in the electronic health record is much different than in the paper record. Instead of documenting the procedure on a progress note, the entry is created:
A) when ?the provider makes the verbal request.
B) when the progress note is signed.
C) when you create the order for the test.
D) automatically at check out.
C
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A) Check the batteries in your pulse oximeter. B) Check her skin color and temperature. C) Check her airway and breathing. D) Check the oxygen cylinder pressure.
A male patient has sustained gunshot wounds to the neck and abdomen. He is unresponsive and has gurgling respirations. Your immediate action would be to:
A) Insert a nasal airway and place the patient on a long backboard B) Place a cervical collar and position the patient on a long board C) Start positive pressure ventilation and then place a cervical collar and maintain manual spine motion restriction D) Suction the airway while providing manual spine motion restriction
____________________ injection is used when preparing an intravenous site with a local anesthetic.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Hospitals could employ medical assistants as:
A) phlebotomists. B) registration clerks. C) EKG technicians. D) all of the above.