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ETearle

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on: Jul 3, 2018
The process of comparing several sets of vital signs to evaluate a patient's condition is most appropriately called:
 
  A) documenting. B) trending. C) reassessing. D) recording.

Question 2

You are transporting a patient with a gunshot wound to the hospital and are being accompanied in the patient compartment by a police officer. Just before going into cardiac arrest, the patient says, It was Joey. Joey did this to me. The patient cannot be resuscitated and is pronounced dead in the emergency department. Which of the following is TRUE regarding the patient's dying declaration?
 
  A) You should write a narrative account of the incident, including the patient's statement, and keep it for your personal records.
  B) You should record the patient's statement verbatim in your prehospital care report.
  C) It is not necessary for you to document it, because the patient technically did not die in the back of the ambulance.
  D) It is not necessary for you to document it, because it was witnessed by law enforcement.


moormoney

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Reply #1 on: Jul 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

B


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