While reviewing a patient care report for a quality assurance process, the EMT should recognize that a blood pressure has been palpated when she sees:
A) Palp: 178/118 mmHg
B) P / 118
C) 118/178 (palpated)
D) 178 / P
D) 178 / P
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What will be an ideal response?
You respond to a patient with difficulty breathing. Upon assessment you notice that the patient is sitting in the tripod position, with marked JVD. The patient has clubbing in the fingers and new pitting edema. You should suspect:
A) CHF. B) COPD. C) cor pulmonale. D) pulmonary neoplasm.
Fee schedules in managed care contracts are increasingly based on:
A) Medicare's resource-based relative value scale (RBRVS) and conversion factor. B) Medicare's resource-based relative value scale (RBRVS) with a different conversion factor. C) the HMO's per-member-per-month guidelines. D) usual and customary charges adjusted by geographic area.
Teaching a patient about the warning signs of cancer is an example of
A. symptom management. B. health-promoting behaviors. C. screening. D. rehabilitation.