You arrive on the scene of an "unknown medical emergency." The local fire department EMRs arrive simultaneously, so you now have five providers at the scene to help. The on-scene police officer tells you the patient is an elderly man who has attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head. As you enter the patient's room, you see the male patient with an extensive skull injury. A large portion of his right temporal and parietal skull is gone, and there are blood splatter and brain tissue on the wall behind him. Given this information, what should you do?
A) Withhold resuscitation
B) Start CPR, since you have ample help to treat and transport the patient
C) Do nothing until you get advice from online medical direction
D) Start BLS care, but withhold ALS care
A) Withhold resuscitation
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Posting Payments System
a. A system used to input demographic and insurance information about each patient in the practice. b. A system used as a utility to maintain common information or customize features of the program. c. A system used to apply fees for services to a patient account. d. A system used to retrieve and organize data from various parts of the software program into useful information. e. A system that prepares claims to be sent to the insurance companies. f. A system used to apply payments from various sources to a patient account. g. A system that generates statements to be sent monthly for balances due on patient accounts. h. A system that allows scheduling of patient appointments to be recorded.
General regulations mandated by the Controlled Substances Act require physicians who purchase, prescribe, dispense, administer, or in any way handle controlled drugs to follow certain procedures. Which of the following accurately describes one of these procedures?
A. A physician who registers with the Drug Enforcement Administration may store controlled substances in multiple locations within the division office region. B. The physician must make a written inventory of drug supplies every five years, and keep such records an additional two years. C. The physician must keep records concerning the administering or dispensing of a controlled drug on file for two years. D. The physician must keep drugs in his or her office and keep logs for five years. E. The physician must keep drugs in an unlocked storage room and report any thefts immediately to the nearest DEA office and the local police.