Patients have the right to access and copy their medical records, but they cannot dispute anything in the record

Your patient is a 3-year-old child who is in severe respiratory distress. She is cyanotic and responds only to painful stimuli. According to the patient's mother, the child had complained of a sore throat earlier and has had a fever since early in the morning. Which of the following is the BEST course of action?

A) Suction the airway. B) Begin gentle ventilations with a bag-valve mask (BVM) and supplemental oxygen. C) Insert an oropharyngeal airway (OPA) and begin bag-valve-mask ventilations with supplemental oxygen. D) Perform abdominal thrusts and finger sweeps; attempt to ventilate.

The veterinary assistant must record an animal's history, but it is not necessary to note any communications with the client by phone or verbally within the medical record.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)