Which includes health maintenance organizations and preferred provider organizations?
a. association health insurance
b. high-risk pool
c. indemnity insurance
d. managed care
d
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Which of the following statements regarding wound-related pain is correct?
A. Patients with arterial insufficiency wounds have less pain when they elevate their involved leg than when they are in a dependent position. B. Patients with venous insufficiency wounds have less pain when they elevate their involved leg than when they are in a dependent position. C. Patients with wounds due to diabetes have less pain when they elevate their involved leg than when they are in a dependent position. D. All of the above are correct.
Which of the following is true about the regulation of medications?
The DEA ensures that pharmacy technician requirements are met The Joint Commission can issue drug recalls The USP creates requirements for drug labeling The FDA enforces the Controlled Substances Act
A 24-year-old man has called 911 after experiencing heart palpitations and dizziness. You direct your partner to apply a 4-lead ECG and see a narrow complex tachycardia on the monitor at a rate of 196 bpm. The patient is wearing a halter monitor and states, "My doctor is making me wear this because I keep having these episodes." How should you handle the presence of the halter monitor?
A) Leave it in place and alter your treatment so as not to disturb the monitor. B) Remove the monitor and treat the patient per protocol. C) Leave the monitor on and delay treatment until you arrive at the ED. D) Contact the hospital for medical direction.
A patient is being extricated from a car using a vest-type short immobilization device. After the patient has been extricated, the AEMT should:
A) secure the patient and vest-type short immobilization device in a supine position on the stretcher with the feet elevated. B) place the patient in a semi-Fowler's position on the stretcher for transport to the hospital. C) remove the vest-type short immobilization device and secure the patient to a long backboard. D) immobilize the patient with the vest-type short immobilization device to a long backboard.