"The pain started 2 days ago" is what kind of element?

a. Location
b. Onset
c. Quality
d. Timing


Answer: b. Onset

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A 19-year-old female patient with diabetes is unresponsive after drinking a large amount of alcohol and trying some "pills" that her friend provided. She has snoring respirations and an intact radial pulse. Emergency Medical Responders are maintaining her airway with a head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver, which has eliminated the snoring respirations. Vital signs are pulse, 116; respirations, 14 breaths/min; minimal chest wall motion with absent breath sounds in the bases; and SpO2, 92%. Advanced life support has been contacted for assistance. Your next action would be to:

A) Administer oxygen through positive pressure ventilation B) Identify the pills that the patient took C) Attempt to contact the parents for permission to treat D) Determine the patient's blood glucose level

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The three types of safeguards that must be in place to be in compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule are:

A) technical, training, and administrative. B) physical, administrative, and technical. C) administrative, physical, and electronic. D) physical, technical, and procedural.

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Why would the medical assistant place the power cord pointing away from the patient and not allow the cable to go underneath the table?

a. Causes interrupted baseline b. Helps reduce AC interference c. Helps reduce wandering baseline d. Causes somatic tremor artifacts

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