When medical records are misfiled under the alphabetical filing system, the clinical medical assistant should try to locate the chart by first looking under the patient's:
A) last name.
B) middle name or initial.
C) first name.
D) Social Security number.
C
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a. deformity of the vehicle b. deformity of interior structures c. deformity or injury patterns of the patient d. deformity of objects within the glove box
You have completed a chest radiograph on a 2-month-old infant using a restraining device at a 72 1d SID. Because of the design of the device, your OID is suboptimum. The image reveals good resolution of the bony anatomy but the pulmonary vasculature is blurred. The EI value is 2040. In an effort to improve the quality of the repeat image, the competent radiographer would
a. raise the mA and decrease the exposure time. b. decrease the SID and maintain the same mAs. c. switch to small focal spot. d. ask for mild sedation of the infant to decease respiration.