You are dispatched for a patient with an unknown medical problem at a dialysis center. When you arrive, you are directed to a patient who is sitting in a chair, with a dialysis technician holding a dressing on his arm very tight. You can see blood seeping through the dressing and on the hands of the technician. Given this limited information, what is likely the problem?
A) The patient fell and has an open fracture to his arm
B) The dialysis graft is bleeding
C) The patient has a diabetic ulcer that broke open
D) The patient was accidentally cut by a scalpel used by the dialysis technician
B) The dialysis graft is bleeding
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A) Smooth B) Cardiac C) Voluntary D) Skeletal
Your patient is a 21-year-old female with a history of epilepsy. She is having a convulsion upon your arrival. Which of the following should you do?
A) Restrain the patient's extremities to prevent injury from flailing of the arms and legs. B) Move furniture and other objects away from the patient to prevent injury. C) Insert a bite block, cloth, wallet, or similar item between the patient's teeth to prevent her from biting her tongue. D) Place a tongue depressor or spoon in the back of the mouth to prevent the patient from swallowing her tongue.
How do oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal airways help to restore airway patency?
a. Isolating or protecting the lower airway from aspiration b. Displacing the soft palate and uvula pos-teriorly c. Lifting and displacing the epiglottis ante-riorly d. Separating the tongue from the posterior pharyngeal wall
In CPT codes, what symbol designates a new procedure?
A. bullet B. negative sign C. plus sign D. triangle