Final Exam Scribe America Questions with Answers
(100% Correct Answers)
What does "IDDM" stand for? Do not include any hyphenations for
your answer. Answer: Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
What does "AMS" stand for? Answer: Altered Mental Status
A patient states she has had a productive cough for 4 days, and
yesterday she developed a fever. Would her fever be considered an
associated symptom for her productive cough? Why or why not?
Answer: Yes, because the fever started soon after the cough
Match each critical care dx with it's associated procedure. Answer:
Respiratory Failure: Intubation
Acute exacerbation: CPAP/BiPAP
Cardiac arrest: CPR
PTX: Chest Tube
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Sepsis: central line placement
Abnormal heart rhythm: cardioversion
What does "GCS" stand for? Answer: Glasgow Coma Scale
What does "PE" stand for in the Diagnosis section of the chart?
Answer: Pulmonary Embolism
What does "DVT" stand for? Answer: Deep vein thrombosis
Among the following diseases listed, select the ones that qualify for
CCT. Answer: ACS
CVA
Afib
acute MI
DKA
PTX
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PE
sepsis
What is the medical term for "coughing up blood"? Answer:
Hemoptysis
Which of these procedures qualify as critical care procedures and
would indicate that critical care time must be documented on a
patient? (select all that apply) Answer: ?
If a patient signs a waiver giving you permission to capture photo of
their unique rash, would you be committing a HIPAA violation by
using your cellphone to capture the photo? (Select the best option.)
Answer: Yes because the phone is not an approved hospital device
and it is not encrypted.
What procedure would be used to diagnose Meningitis? Expand the
medical abbreviation into the full medical term. Answer: Lumbar
puncture
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