You arrive in the parking lot of a retail store and find a middle-age male on the ground, unresponsive and with blood coming from a laceration to his forehead. Several shoppers have gathered around the patient and have covered him with a blanket. What should you do first?

A) Ask the bystanders if anyone knows the patient.
B) Place the patient on the stretcher and into the ambulance.
C) Go to the patient and begin providing care.
D) Call for law enforcement to secure the scene.

C

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A) anaerobic metabolism. B) metabolic acidosis. C) aerobic metabolism. D) metabolic compromise.

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The managed care primary care provider (PCP) who coordinates all patient health care needs and decides what, if any, additional care or testing is required is acting as a(n) ______________.?

A) coinsurer B) ?network C) gatekeeper D) ?indemnifier

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