Any hoarseness of the patient's voice or difficult or painful swallowing should alert the Paramedic to the potential for an impending ____ issue.
A. neurological
B. airway
C. circulatory
D. cardiac
Answer: B
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You are dispatched to a female with altered mental status. Once inside the home, you find a female who appears to have been beaten unconscious. A man, who smells of alcohol, says that she is his wife and that he does not know what happened: "I just found her this way!" The husband is behaving suspiciously, appears paranoid, and is pacing erratically around the room. What would be the safest
course of action? A) Have your partner call for help while you stay with the patient. B) Evacuate the patient and begin treatment. C) Leave the house and call for law enforcement. D) Continue to question the man and begin treating the patient.
Organizations or people who are subject to HIPAA regulations are known as
A) plaintiffs. B) office managers. C) covered entities. D) defendants.
The code for hearing screening is ____________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
What should the auxiliary have done prior to the treatment beginning?
A 55-year-old female presents in the dental office for a crown preparation with final impressions on tooth number30. As the auxiliary seats the patient, she asks the patient if there have been any changes in the medical history. The patient states that her physician has given her a bronchodilator. The procedure concludes with no complications and the dentist leaves the treatment room. As the patient is preparing to leave, she begins to cough and the auxiliary observes that the patient is having difficulty breathing. The auxiliary looks for the patient’s bronchodilator. What will be an ideal response?