Agitated residents have been found to physically injure themselves and others more often than calm residents.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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To indicate needed changes, medical assistants place _____________ on printed documents
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A patient with a history of frequent urinary tract infections (UTI) complains of lower abdominal pain and feels as though she has a UTI again. Which assessment findings would cause you to question that the problem is a UTI?
A) Temperature of 101.3°F B) Vaginal bleeding C) Flank pain D) Cloudy urine
When moving a patient with severe generalized hypothermia, which of these instructions is most appropriate to relay to your fellow EMS providers?
A) "I want everyone to take extra care in moving the patient very gently to the stretcher. We do not want her to go into cardiac arrest." B) "Be careful when moving the patient to the stretcher; the cold makes the patient very prone to bone fractures." C) "Let's place the patient on her side on the stretcher since her body temperature contraindicates placement of a nasal airway." D) "Let's secure the patient with her arms and legs extended since this position promotes the retention of heat in the body."
An acanthioparietal sinus projection (Waters method) can be distinguished from a parietoacanthi-al sinus projection because
1. it demonstrates the bony nasal septum in alignment with the collimated field's longitudinal axis. 2. it demonstrates greater orbital magnification. 3. it demonstrates less distance from the lateral orbital rims to the lateral cranial cortices. 4. the petrous ridges are demonstrated superior to the maxillary sinuses. a. 1, 2, and 3 only b. 2 and 3 only c. 1 and 4 only d. 3 and 4 only