Your service's medical director would like to explore the idea of EMTs using special transport ventilators when caring for patients who require assistance with their breathing. When using an evidence-based medicine approach, what should you do first?
A) Go to a local hospital to see which kind of ventilators it uses
B) Contact vendors that sell ventilators and ask for price quotations
C) Select specific EMTs to conduct a field trial of particular ventilators
D) Search the medical literature for research related to this topic
D) Search the medical literature for research related to this topic
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A sentinel event is:
A. the need to isolate a patient to prevent the spread of disease. B. an occurrence that is about to happen. C. an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury or the risk thereof. D. a medical problem caused by the failure to understand, interpret, or estimate correctly. E. an injury that results in the loss of sensation and muscle function.
Add-ons must be used with:
A) modifiers. B) primary codes. C) special instructions. D) standalone codes.