Also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, ________ is a degenerative disease of the spinal cord and brain.

A. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
B. multiple sclerosis
C. meningitis
D. epilepsy
E. Alzheimer's disease

Answer: A

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You arrive at the scene of a major motor vehicle crash. The patient, a 29-year-old man, is in cardiac arrest from a severe head injury and has been receiving bystander CPR for approximately 10 minutes. A law enforcement official advises you that the patient's driver's license identifies him as an organ donor. You should:

A) recognize that none of the patient's vital organs are appropriate for donation and ask the bystanders to stop CPR. B) continue to attempt resuscitation of the patient because his liver, kidneys, and heart are likely viable for harvesting. C) begin full resuscitative efforts and transport the patient to a trauma center because certain tissues may be viable for harvesting. D) continue basic life support only until law enforcement can notify a family member of the patient and obtain consent for organ donation.

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Any delivery that varies from the definition of a normal delivery is considered "complicated" and requires coders to identify all the complications that occurred

A) True B) False

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