You are evaluating a 28-year-old female patient who was the belted driver in a car-versus-tree motor vehicle crash. She is also 30 weeks' pregnant. She is complaining of severe abdominal pain with cramping, and you can see blood soaking into her shorts and onto the driver's seat. As you prepare for a rapid extrication, you are worried that she may have experienced:
A) b. Femoral artery laceration
B) a. Abruptio placentae
C) c. Liver laceration
D) d. Premature labor
Ans: B) a. Abruptio placentae
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You are concerned that a sick 5-year-old with lower abdominal pain and a temperature of 100.3°F has appendicitis. He describes the pain as generalized and crampy and although complaining of nausea, he is not vomiting. His pulse, respirations, blood pressure, and SpO2 are normal and there are no immediate life-threatening conditions. Based on these assessment findings, his father informs you that
he does not wish his son to be transported, and will call the pediatrician in the morning. How would you respond? A) "I'm okay with that; monitor his fever and make sure to call first thing in the morning." B) "I am concerned that your son has appendicitis and by law we must treat and transport him." C) "I have to tell you, if he has appendicitis, it will only get worse and become a major situation." D) "If you insist there is nothing I can legally do; let me talk to the pediatrician to let him know what is going on."
Polysomnography must record sleep and staging, including an electroencephalogram (EEG) for brain activity, electrooculogram (EOG) for eye activity, and ___________________for skeletal muscle activity.?
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Which of the following refers to the payer's review and reduction of a procedure code?
A. assumption coding B. truncated coding C. upcoding D. downcoding
The doctor's office schedules flu shots on Wednesdays from 10 am to Noon. What type of scheduling is this?
a. Modified wave scheduling b. Tim-specific scheduling c. Double booking scheduling d. Clustering scheduling