Define health information technology.
What will be an ideal response?
The application of information processing, involving both computer hardware and software, which deals with the storage, retrieval, sharing, and use of health care information, data, and knowledge for communication and decision making.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Locked-in syndrome is characterized by
a. Horner's syndrome, loss of pain and temperature over ipsilateral face and contralateral body, and disturbances in equilibrium sense b. Paralysis of ipsilateral tongue and weakness of contralateral body c. Coma and death d. Retention of consciousness and near-total paralysis
A patient with a head and neck injury was sitting found leaning against a tree. You have placed a vest type short immobilization device on the patient. To transport the patient you would:
a. remove the vest-type short immobilization device and secure the patient to a long backboard. b. immobilize the patient with the vest-type short immobilization device to a long backboard. c. place the patient in a Semi-Fowler's position on the stretcher for transport to the hospital. d. secure the patient with the vest-type short immobilization device on a stretcher in a supine position with the feet elevated.
A patient has just taken her first dose of Zocor for high cholesterol. Within minutes, she begins to develop hives, shortness of breath, and low blood pressure. In this case, the EMT would recognize that the patient is experiencing:
A) A sensitized immune response B) Anaphylaxis C) A hypersensitivity reaction D) An anaphylactoid reaction