The physician has asked the respiratory therapist to monitor the effectiveness of bronchodilator therapy in a patient with asthma. What is the most appropriate parameter to monitor?

While placing a 52-year-old female on the stretcher, she begins to seize. Your immediate action would be to:

A) quickly move her to the ambulance for rapid transport. B) perform a jaw-thrust maneuver and insert an oropharyngeal airway. C) loosely apply the straps and raise the side rails. D) remove her from the stretcher and place her on the ground.

Some accounts payable software already in use in the United States has the ability to:

A. delete all ICD-9 codes from the database. B. do a direct translation to ICD-10 codes. C. accept and implement ICD-10 codes. D. generate claims faster using both ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes.