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leo leo

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A patient stumbles through the door just as the office opens, and the provider is not in. He says he experienced a sharp blow to the stomach, is holding his abdomen, and then pitches forward and falls on the floor in the waiting room. As you go to the patient, you see he is not responding but has a rapid and weak pulse and shallow breathing. What is the next thing you do?
 a. Take his vital signs.
  b. Try to revive him to see what happened.
  c. Do a quick exam to see whether there are injuries.
  d. Have a staff member call EMS.
  e. Call the provider on her cell phone.

Question 2

Privileged communication is a label placed on information passing between people that cannot be submitted into evidence in a court of law because of the legal relationship between the individuals. Give two examples of individuals with whom communication is legally recognized as privileged.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

Any two of the following: (1) Physician and patient; (2) husband and wife; (3) priest and penitent; (4) social worker and patient (in some states); (5) psychotherapist and patient (in some states)


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Reply #2 on: Jun 25, 2018
Thank you


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Reply #3 on: Jun 25, 2018
No problemo


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