While performing a primary assessment on a patient who has an isolated spinal cord injury, you note that he is in severe respiratory distress and struggling to breathe. Where should you suspect that the spinal cord injury has occurred?

Patients using wheelchairs and able to temporarily support their own weight should be transferred to the dental chair by use of

A) a wheelchair transfer sliding board. B) the caregiver and radiographer to lift the patient. C) a wheelchair transfer belt. D) all of the above.

Describe a mixed governance relationship between state and local health agencies, and give an example state. Give an advantage and disadvantage of this type of relationship