You have been called for a 71-year-old male with seizure activity. At the patient's side, you find him lying motionless on the floor of his bedroom with a family member performing chest compression only CPR. In this situation, your immediate action would be to:
A) open the airway and begin positive pressure ventilation.
B) stop CPR and feel for a carotid pulse.
C) take over CPR and attach the automated external defibrillator.
D) continue CPR and call for advanced life support assistance.
B
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Hospital inpatient __________ codes are submitted for reimbursement purposes
a. CPT, and HCPCS level II b. ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS level II c. ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS d. ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, and HCPCS level II
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