You have been dispatched to a residence for an 89-year-old woman with an unspecified complaint. When assessing this patient, which one of the following will the AEMT do as quickly as possible to develop a better understanding of the emergency?
A) Gather a medical history including allergy information.
B) Contact medical direction for advisement.
C) Determine if the complaint is medical or trauma related.
D) Obtain the patient's vital signs and current medications.
Answer: C
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A clinical laboratory receives a new lot of PTT reagent, so clinical laboratory scientists in the laboratory need to establish the heparin therapeutic range for this new reagent lot. How should this be done?
a. Compare PTT results for patient heparinized samples to those for the lot of PTT reagent that is presently being used. b. Perform chromogenic Xa and PTT assays on patient heparinized samples, and do a statistical analysis of result comparisons. c. Add heparin at various therapeutic concentrations to normal plasma, and perform PTT on each concentration using the new lot of reagent. d. Add heparin at high concentration to one normal plasma, make dilutions of this plasma, and then perform PTT on each diluted sample using the new lot of reagent.
In this situation, what is the most appropriate action for the LPN to take?
ACTION ONE Wait until he is alone with the receptionists and then ask if they were aware that a patient was listening to their conversation. ACTION TWO Since Will is not the receptionists’ supervisor, Will should keep doing his work because he does not have the authority to say anything. ACTION THREE Will should go to the receptionists and quietly point out that there is a patient listening.