The most widely used Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes are:
A) evaluation and management (E/M).
B) surgery.
C) radiology.
D) medicine.
A) evaluation and management (E/M).
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A) 1820 B) 1821 C) 1852 D) 1877
A patient has asked for advice on how to apply eye drops that have been prescribed. What is the first instruction the patient should follow?
A) Remove contact lenses. B) Wash hands thoroughly with soap and water. C) Wipe any excess medication from the eyelids and lashes by using a tissue. D) Uncap the container, tilt the head back slightly, and look at the ceiling.
You are ventilating an intubated patient who suffered multisystem trauma. While the paramedic with whom you are working is starting an IV, you both glance at the capnometer device and see that the numeric display is dropping quickly. If there has been no change in ventilatory rate or depth, what could be another cause for this end-tidal carbon dioxide change?
A) There is a drop in blood flow to the lungs from the heart. B) Patient's blood pressure is rising. C) Patient's lungs are receiving too much oxygen. D) The body's metabolic activity is finally starting to improve.
The EMT shows that he understands the difference between a pneumothorax and a tension pneumothorax when he makes which statement?
A) "A tension pneumothorax causes blood to accumulate around the lung; a pneumothorax involves the accumulation of only air around the lung." B) "A tension pneumothorax causes cardiac output to decrease; a simple pneumothorax does not affect cardiac output." C) "A pneumothorax describes a collapsed lung; a tension pneumothorax involves both a collapsed lung and blood loss." D) "A pneumothorax is caused by a closed chest injury; a tension pneumothorax is caused by an open chest injury."