When handling faxed records,
A) keep a fax report of all transmissions indicating the date, time, and destination.
B) you can safely fax confidential financial information.
C) psychiatric records should be faxed to expedite treatment.
D) privacy rules do not apply because fax communications are always considered confidential.
A
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Your patient is the? 23-year-old female victim of an attempted abduction at knifepoint. The assailant was interrupted and drew his knife across the? victim's throat as he fled the scene. A first responder on the scene immediately applied direct pressure to the neck wound. Your assessment reveals a very agitated young woman with ongoing blood loss despite direct pressure to the wound. There appears to be both? bright-red bleeding and slower but steady? dark-red bleeding. It appears that the trachea has not been penetrated but that there is a hematoma around the laceration. Which of the following is the most appropriate sequence of intervention for this? patient?
A) Apply a pressure dressing to the wound, accompanied by pressure-point compression.
B) Use rapid sequence intubation of the patient to protect the trachea from the expanding hematoma while maintaining direct pressure on the wound.
C) Apply an occlusive dressing to the wound, and continue direct pressure.
D) Apply direct pressure, and request an order from medical control to decompress the hematoma.
All of the following are steps in the process of thinking critically except:
A. Develop a mental or written list of all possible approaches to reaching outcome B. Identify which option will be accomplished most easily C. Focus on the desired outcome D. Accurately and fully identify the consequences of each option