Which incident would be reported to the risk manager?
A) A patient's visitor getting lost on the way to the hospital.
B) Intravenous therapy resulting in reduced infections.
C) A patient refusing to consent for an elective procedure.
D) Surgical procedure performed on the wrong site.
D
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You are called for a patient who is complaining of being weak and dizzy. He reports that he does not have enough money to pay for his medications so he has not gotten them refilled. Your service has an automatic blood pressure machine and you use it to measure the patient's blood pressure while you count his respirations. The blood pressure machine reports a blood pressure of 280/140. What should
you do next? A) Take a manual blood pressure. B) Call immediately for ALS response. C) Begin transport immediately. D) Continue with vital sign assessment.
The magnetic field will NOT disable metallic devices in the area of the machine, such as cardiac monitors, infusion pumps, and wristwatches.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.