____________________ health insurance plans often require preauthorization for elective or unusually expensive services or procedures.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Managed care

Health Professions

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You are driving home late one night from a state-to-state interhospital transport. You are still in the other state driving home at 0200 hours when you come upon a single-vehicle MVC on a deserted stretch of the highway. You stop your ambulance, and you and your partner assess the scene and find out there is only one occupant of the vehicle and that the victim is unresponsive. If you initiate

care and transport the patient to a hospital without summoning local EMS or fire, your actions could be considered: A) illegal. B) unethical. C) inappropriate. D) unnecessary.

Health Professions

All of the following are initial signs and symptoms of septicemia EXCEPT ________

A) bradycardia B) fever C) tachypnea D) hypoxemia

Health Professions

After any surgical procedure, you must

give all postoperative instructions to the person who brought the patient in for treatment. make sure the patient signs the treatment consent form after treatment is performed. ask the patient to update their health history after performing treatment. remind patient there is an inherent risk of infection and describe to the patient what to look for postoperatively.

Health Professions

Physical therapy treatments are measured in:

A. segments. B. modules. C. sessions. D. visits.

Health Professions