A patient control number (PCN) is a unique identifier assigned to each hospital patient at the time of:

admission.

diagnosis.

surgery.

discharge.

Answer: admission.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Early in scene size-up of a hazmat incident, make sure to:

a. evacuate all people from the scene of the incident. b. evacuate uncontaminated people from the region around the incident. c. rescue uncontaminated people from the scene of the incident. d. triage contaminated people at the scene of the incident.

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