Immediately after giving a prehospital care report to the nurse in the emergency department, dispatch informs you that there are no more ambulances available and you must immediately leave the hospital to cover another portion of the county. Since your service uses a computerized documentation system and there is no time to complete your report, your best course of action should be to:
A) Give a verbal report to the ED physician
B) Repeat your assessment findings and treatment to the nurse
C) Complete an abbreviated transfer-of-care report
D) Leave and return to complete the report as soon as possible
C) Complete an abbreviated transfer-of-care report
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a. total accounting activity b. payment c. balance owing d. copayment due
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The simple and effective commonsense approach to defending yourself and others against infectious agents spread by respiratory droplets such as a cough or sneeze is called respiratory _____/_____ ________.
What will be an ideal response?
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