Each year a specific area of billing is audited for billing and coding accuracy by the Office of __________
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Inspector General
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SCENARIOUse this scenario to answer the following question(s).A 53-year-old male patient has cut his leg with a chain saw. His airway is patent, he is breathing 18 times per minute with good tidal volume, and supplemental oxygen has been applied. Bleeding has been controlled with a tourniquet, and the patient is pale, diaphoretic, and anxious. The patient is increasingly anxious and begins to thrash around. What should you do?
A. Ask medical direction for permission to sedate the patient. B. Administer additional oxygen through a nonrebreather mask. C. Ask medical direction for permission to restrain the patient until law enforcement arrives. D. Reassure the patient, help him to keep still, and initiate transport as soon as possible.
________ Remember, eating, drinking, or chewing gum while working is appropriate in areas open to the public and helps the day go by more quickly
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Your patient is a 68-year-old female who is being treated for colon cancer. She is conscious and alert, in mild distress, and complaining of progressive weakness over the past three days. Palpation of her abdomen reveals tenderness to the lower right quadrant. Her skin is pale, cool, and dry, and you note the smell and appearance of melena in her stool. HR = 108, BP = 100/60, RR = 12, SaO2 = 97%
Proper treatment of this patient might include: A) IV of normal saline with a 250 mL fluid challenge, repeated if necessary. B) IV of 5 percent dextrose solution at 30 mL per hour. C) two large-bore IVs of lactated Ringer's solution, wide open. D) two large-bore IVs of normal saline, 20 mL/kg fluid bolus.
The variable that a ventilator uses to end inspiration is known as which of the following?
a. Cycle b. Limit c. Trigger d. Baseline