Identify at least three reasons that the cost of health care is rising.

What will be an ideal response?

There are more than nine reasons that health care costs are rising. They are the fee for service reimbursement system, fragmentation in payment and care delivery, administrative burdens, advances in medical technology, tax treatment of health insurance, changing trends in healthcare market consolidation, and competition for providers and the legal and regulatory environment. The aging population, rising rates of chronic disease, and lifestyle factors that include personal health choices.

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If gastric distention is interfering with your ability to adequately ventilate a patient, you may have to:

A. apply manual pressure to the abdomen. B. suction the airway for up to 45 seconds. C. insert an oropharyngeal airway adjunct. D. increase the force of your ventilations.

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Which of the following describes the most correct method for inserting a nasopharyngeal airway

A. Insert the device with the bevel facing the septum B. Insert the device with the bevel facing the lateral aspect of the nose. C. Rotate the device as you insert it into the right nostril D. Apply firm, gentle pressure if you meet resistance during insertion.

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