Which of the following does not represent a valid, legal circumstance for releasing patient information without written authorization?
A. at the request of a spouse
B. suspected child abuse
C. when the patient record is subpoenaed
D. when the information is needed to defend a physician in a lawsuit
Answer: A
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A) ask him to stand to assess for spinal injury. B) call for law enforcement since he is likely intoxicated. C) suspect spinal injury because of the mechanism. D) not consider spinal injury since he fell onto a grassy surface.
Your friends are discussing a hunting accident they heard about on the news. A hunter was shot with a high-powered rifle, and the report indicated that he had damage to several internal organs. From your knowledge of mechanisms of injury, you can tell your friends that this type of injury is called a:
a. high-impact injury. b. high-velocity penetrating injury. c. projectile injury. d. blast injury.
In experiments with monkeys, transplanting fetal tissue into the brain of an animal with symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease has successfully controlled the symptoms
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The type of movement shown by letter A in the picture is ____.
A. abduction
B. adduction
C. flexion
D. dorsiflexion
E. extension