When documentation supports a higher level of service than the code assigned, this practice is known as ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Which of the following is NOT a principle of splinting that must be considered by the EMT?

A) Splint an isolated extremity injury before moving the patient to the stretcher. B) Check the distal neurovascular function before and after splinting. C) Gently replace protruding bone ends back beneath the skin to prevent further contamination. D) Immobilize the site of an extremity injury from the joint above it to the joint below it.

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The ____ division of the autonomic nervous system, whose nerve fibers originate and extend from the cervical or sacral area of the spinal cord, is responsible for the more vegetative functions.

A. sympathetic B. somatic C. parasympathetic D. dependent

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