Which of the following are procedures designed to reduce patient or staff injury in the medical office?
A. Personnel management
B. Risk management
C. Clinical
D. Administrative
B.Risk management
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You treated a 19 year old with a puncture wound to the chest by covering the wound with an impermeable dressing. Now, as you perform your ongoing assessment, you note that the patient is tachypneic and is complaining of difficulty breathing. Breath sounds on the side of the injury are also diminished. Which of the following actions should you take immediately?
a. Assist his breathing with a bag-valve mask. b. Lift a corner of the dressing from the wound for a few seconds; then reapply and check his breath sounds. c. Add another layer to the dressing. d. Load the patient quickly and transport him to a higher level of care.
Medical assistants need to know the laws in their states regarding:
A) durable power of attorneys. B) advanced medical directives. C) both A and B. D) neither A nor B.
Choose the best match for each item. Use an answer only once.
A. beta hemolysis B. incomplete hemolysis, green coloration C. bacitracin sensitive D. antigen-antibody reaction E. no reaction in the control region
Section II of the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting includes guidelines for the __________
a. coding and reporting of outpatient diagnoses (e.g., physician offices) b. reporting of additional diagnoses (e.g., coexisting conditions, complications) c. selection of the principal diagnosis for nonoutpatient settings (e.g., nursing facility) d. structure and convention of the classification, including general guidelines