You are called for a patient who reports a headache for several days. He tells you that he has started a new blood pressure medication and is finishing an antibiotic for a skin infection. During your history taking, you should:
A) suspect an allergic reaction.
B) suggest that he take some aspirin.
C) get your patient to repeat his chief complaint.
D) write down the pertinent facts.
D
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EMTs may come across a situation where a patient begins to act extremely agitated or psychotic. Elevated temperature and sometimes alcohol or drug intoxication may be present. The patient will soon cease struggling, and often within minutes the patient develops inadequate or absent respirations and subsequently dies. It is important for the EMT to be alert for this sequence of events in a patient
who exhibits this behavior and monitor the patient constantly throughout the call. This condition is called: A) psychotic delirium. B) excited psychosis. C) bipolar disorder. D) excited or agitated delirium.
The underlying cause of distributive shock is:
a. poor fluid intake. b. loss of blood volume. c. a damaged heart that has poor contractility. d. dilation of blood vessels.
The axial skeleton consists of all of the following EXCEPT ________.
A. vertebrae B. pelvic girdle C. skull D. coccyx
Dr. Emerson performed a laparoscopic cholecystectomy on Grace Wilson eight days ago. Today Grace saw Dr. Emerson for a painful toe. Grace was diagnosed with a subungual hematoma, which Dr. Emerson evacuated. What is the appropriate CPT code for this procedure?
A. 11740-78 B. 11740-76 C. 11740 D. 11740-79