Patients that have NO signs or symptoms of a disease but who are suspected to have been in an area where a disease is epidemic would be assigned a Z code to describe their:

Evaporation, the conversion of a liquid to a gas, is a process that requires:

a. energy b. circulating air c. a warmer ambient temperature d. high humidity

Which of the following statements regarding sudden cardiac arrest and ventricular fibrillation is correct?

A) For each minute that defibrillation is delayed, the chance of survival decreases by as much as 10%. B) High-quality CPR often reverses ventricular fibrillation if it is initiated within 2 minutes of the onset. C) Most patients develop ventricular fibrillation within 10 minutes after the onset of sudden cardiac arrest. D) Patients with ventricular fibrillation are typically unconscious, are apneic, and have a weak and irregular pulse.