When a provider injures a patient due to failure to follow medical standards of care, it is called
A. malpractice.
B. abuse.
C. fraud.
D. none of these answers are correct.
Answer: A
Health Professions
You might also like to view...
You are transferring an unresponsive patient from her house to the ambulance on the stretcher. An oral airway has been placed and ventilations with the bag-valve mask are being administered. Suddenly, the patient regains consciousness and starts to gag. Your immediate action should be to:
A) leave the airway in but stop ventilations. B) remove the oral airway. C) suction the airway. D) reassure and calm the patient.
Health Professions
A CT scan of the neck with contrast was performed on Jenny, who complained that the neck mass had grown since her last doctor's visit. What is the appropriate CPT code for this procedure?
A. 70496 B. 70492 C. 70498 D. 70491
Health Professions