Every dental office should have an on-call translator to help non-English speaking patients fill out their medical history forms.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
The medical history form should be available in different languages to accommodate any non-English speaking dental patients.
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A) "You really need to be evaluated in the hospital emergency department. The shock puts you at high risk for a stroke within the next 48 hours." B) "You need to get the burn site cleaned to avoid infection. This can be done in the hospital emergency department." C) "Electrical burns typically increase in pain as time goes on. The hospital emergency department can give you pain medication." D) "It would be best to let the emergency physician check you out. Electrical shocks can damage the heart."
You are dispatched to a structure fire at which there is a report of a burned person. Your patient is a 32-year-old man with blisters on his anterior chest and circumferential superficial burns to both lower extremities. Using the "rule of nines," the percentage of burn is:
A) 54. B) 27. C) 36. D) 45.
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A. injury where the bone is broken beneath the skin. B. soft-tissue injury categorized by pain, swelling, and deformity. C. injury where something (such as a bone) tears through the skin. D. soft-tissue injury where blood collects beneath the skin.
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