Your patient is a 30-year-old construction worker who fell from scaffolding and has been impaled through the right orbit by a 36-inch piece of concrete reinforcement bar. The patient responds to verbal stimuli and appears to have multiple other injuries. Which of the following is the BEST course of action?
A) Firmly stabilize the reinforcement bar in place so that the rescue crew can cut it short.
B) Transport with the reinforcement bar in place to prevent delay at the scene.
C) Test the reinforcement bar for stability and remove it only if it is loose enough to be easily pulled from the wound.
D) Remove the reinforcement bar and pack the orbit with sterile moist dressings to keep the scene time under 10 minutes.
A
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A. documentation that reflects the physician's familiarity or unfamiliarity with the patient's presenting problem B. documentation of any existing or initiated method of treatment, care, or management of the presenting problem C. Documentation of any ordered or requested diagnostic testing to identify the final diagnosis D. Documentation of the number diagnoses throughout the patient's past medical history, specifically as it relates to the current E/M visit
The computerized provider order entry can be printed or faxed by clicking [Print] in which of the following?
A. Practice View window B. Office Visit window C. Orders window D. Procedures window