An 18-year-old female has eaten a poisonous mushroom. Medical direction has ordered you to administer activated charcoal. Immediately following administration, the patient vomits the medication. She remains alert and oriented with no current life threats to the airway, breathing, or circulation. Your next action would be to:
A) administer a glass of milk.
B) place the patient supine.
C) reassess and continue transport.
D) re-administer the activated charcoal.
D
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Which of the following is most likely to effectively gain the cooperation of a psychologically disturbed patient for physical examinations?
A) Telling the patient you cannot help him unless you do a thorough physical examination B) Standing closer to and using more physical contact with the patient than usual C) Asking the patient's permission to examine him D) Telling the patient you must examine him
When selecting an E/M for the Emergency Department the coder needs to know
A. if the patient is established. B. if the patient is new. C. what time the patient came to the Emergency Department. D. none of these are determining factors in E/M Emergency Department coding.