In reviewing prehospital care reports, you note that more than 75 percent of the patients transported from a local geriatric extended care facility have been diagnosed with hypertension. As a knowledgeable EMT, you would recognize that:

A) Hypertension is common among the elderly
B) The patients are not taking blood pressure medications
C) An infectious disease is spreading through the extended care facility
D) All of the patients must have the same physician

A) Hypertension is common among the elderly

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The use of computer interviews ________ the quality of the information presented by the patient

A) changes B) decreases C) improves D) verifies E) None of the above

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