The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) prohibits discrimination against an employee or beneficiary based on health status
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True
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You encounter an accident on a busy intercity street while on duty. Calling into dispatch, you make note that the occupants of both vehicles are outside, and you request additional units to proceed non-emergently. You approach an elderly male who is rubbing his back and left shoulder. During secondary assessment of past medical history, you make note of several important details: the patient is
on high blood pressure medications, and has had a heart attack in the past. He is complaining of midline thoracic pain on palpation of his spine and left shoulder pain, which may have been from the seat belt, but is refusing care and transport. The patient did not lose consciousness. Based on this information, which transport decision would be most appropriate for this patient? A) Take the patient to a trauma center. B) Call for ALS intercept. C) Take the patient to a local community hospital. D) Allow the patient to sign a refusal.
You respond for a 66-year-old man complaining of severe pain on the back of his neck and right shoulder. You examine the area and see fluid filled blisters in a horizontal line across his shoulder. You should suspect:
A) kyphosis. B) spondylosis. C) shingles. D) chicken pox.
With oropharyngeal airways, some practitioners prefer to insert the airway into the patient's mouth upside down so that the distal end of the airway is facing the ______________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
A 120-pound patient has received three cartridges of 4% prilocaine, 1:200:000 epinephrine. How many more milligrams of prilocaine can this patient receive before reaching the MRD?
A) 72 mg B) 216 mg C) 432 mg D) 600 mg