You are assessing a patient who had a previous brain injury in which a portion of the cerebellum was destroyed. In relation to this specific injury, which finding would the EMT expect?
A) Inability to remember information such as past medical history
B) Poor muscle coordination when signing his name to the prehospital care report
C) Problems with the regulation of heart rate and blood pressure
D) Inability to move or feel sensations in one side of his body
B) Poor muscle coordination when signing his name to the prehospital care report
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A. Neurologic complaint B. Positional asphyxia C. Blunt trauma from intoxication D. Shock position
Generalized anxiety: ________
Fill in the blank with correct ICD-10.
The patient with chest pain will be going for a cardiac catheterization and the following orders have not been completed. Which one should be done last?
A. start an intravenous line B. obtain a signed content C. administer nitroglycerin D. administer morphine
When insulin dependent diabetes mellitus complicates pregnancy, encounter codes are sequenced in this order _____.
A. 1. Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, child birth and the puerperium code, 2. Diabetes code, 3. Insulin code B. 1. Diabetes code, 2. Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, child birth and the puerperium code, 3. Insulin code C. 1. Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, child birth and the puerperium code, 2. Insulin code, 3. Diabetes code D. 1. Insulin code, 2. Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, child birth and the puerperium code, 3. Diabetes code