Your EMS partner has been through some hard times lately. He broke up with his wife a few months ago, and his father died last month. After not smoking for years, he's taken it up again and now chain-smokes. He's sometimes rude to patients, and when you try to talk with him about this, he cuts you off. Your partner is using stress management techniques best described as:

Pain that is severe and has a rapid onset is described as:

A. analgesic B. long term C. chronic D. acute

Abstract from Documentation: What Alphabetic Index term can easily lead to the coding of this case?

History: The patient complains of bilateral ear pain. She denies any decrease in hearing. She has marked cerumen impactions in both ear canals. It took extensive flushing before I was able to get out the wax on both sides. Both canals are now patent. Physical Examination: Vital signs are stable and she is afebrile. Assessment: Bilateral cerumen impactions Plan: I told her she should irrigate both ears once a week with peroxide and warm water.