The Tabular List is mainly organized by ____.
A. the patient's condition
B. the codes found in the Alphabetic Index
C. the patient's symptoms
D. the body system involved
E. the severity of the disease or condition
D. the body system involved
The diseases, conditions, and injuries in the Tabular List are organized into chapters according to the source or body system.
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Which of the following is the most appropriate action when a patient telephones with symptoms of acute illness?
a. Work an appointment into the schedule immediately. b. Schedule an appointment for the following day. c. Send the patient to the emergency room. d. Offer to work in an appointment over the next few days. e. Offer to schedule the patient for the last appointment of the day.
It is difficult to definitively define hypertensive encephalopathy in the prehospital setting as a ____ of the brain is required to exclude hemorrhage or stroke as a cause for the altered mental status or seizures.
A. CT scan B. skull x-rays C. MRI D. skull series