Medicare guidelines state that medical records must be retained for at least ________ years

If you work at a certain place and have set working hours, do not make your own appointments, use the company equipment and supplies, and have a supervisor who may discharge you, the U.S. government would probably consider you a/an:

A) Employee B) Independent contractor C) Sole proprietor D) None of the above

A patient receiving continuous mandatory ventilation in the assist-control mode develops au-to-PEEP. Which of the following general approaches would you consider to minimize the effects of auto-PEEP in this patient?

1. Increasing expiratory time 2. Applying PEEP 3. Switching ventilating mode to synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation a. 1 and 2 only b. 1 and 3 only c. 2 and 3 only d. 1, 2, and 3