Your patient is a motorcyclist who was ejected after striking a guard rail. The patient is unresponsive to painful stimuli and is breathing shallowly six to eight times per minute. Which of the following should you do first?
A) Apply a nonrebreather mask with an oxygen flow rate of 15 lpm.
B) Use a bag-valve mask with supplemental oxygen.
C) Perform a rapid trauma assessment.
D) Apply a cervical collar.
B
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The healthcare professional who is responsible for answering questions and explaining such topics as HIPAA privacy regulations, living wills, and do-not-resuscitate orders (DNRs) to patients and their family members is the:
a. medical collector. b. insurance verification representative. c. admitting clerk. d. privacy compliance officer.
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