A physician who coordinates a patient's care and refers patients to specialists is a(n):
A) preferred provider physician (PPP).
B) referring gatekeeper.
C) primary care physician (PCP).
D) primary physician coordinator (PPC).
C) primary care physician (PCP).
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Your patient complains of substernal chest pain radiating to her back. You treat her according to your chest pain protocol, but she doesn't get any relief
You learn later that she also had low blood sugar but you didn't check her blood glucose level. You feel like you need to learn more about what happened with this patient. You should: A) call the patient's family. B) ask a coworker. C) speak to your medical director. D) ask to see the patient's hospital report.
The therapist is performing expired air resuscitation. During the procedure, she is concerned about the Vt she is delivering to the patient. What does the therapist need to do to in this situation?
A. Connect a respirometer to a resuscitation mask and periodically measure the patient's expired volume. B. Connect a respirometer to a manual resuscitator and periodically measure the patient's expired volume. C. Intermittently, collect the patient's expirate and run it through a respirometer. D. Observe the rise of the patient's chest wall while air is deposited into the patient's lungs.