Which of the following decreases the risk of contamination when preparing IV admixtures?

Which one of the following patients requires the AEMT to remove an impaled object in the field?

A) Woman with a knife to the right side of her chest; she is short of breath and coughing up blood B) Male patient who fell on a screwdriver, which is impaled through his hand; the patient is in pain and requesting that you remove the screwdriver C) Young woman with a broken pencil through her cheek and into the oropharynx; blood from the injury is trickling into her airway D) Male patient with a six-inch knife to his left upper quadrant; there is active bleeding around the injury site

Sally Smith is reviewing an inpatient record for coding. She notes that the face sheet, diagnostic testing reports, and discharge summary contain different diagnoses. What should she do to code the diagnoses?

a. Use the diagnoses on the face sheet. b. Select all the diagnoses on all three forms of documentation. c. Use the diagnoses on the discharge summary. d. Query the provider for clarification.