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In an unrepresented case, if the IW does not have the Employee's Permanent Disability Questionnaire (DWC-AD Form 100) - The QME office should provide the form to the IW "Disability = Impairment + Loss earning capacity + Occupational title + Age" - Formula for PD 1911 - California adopted - The development of the State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) A check or Money Order is pain by the Physician for the IBR fee in the amount of - $195 ?? A copy of the notice to request time extension...

Time frame in which selected QME must schedule an appointment to see the injured worker - Within 60 days of a request for an appointment (up to 90 days) Term of appointment as QME evaluator - 2 years (LC 139.2) 3 requirements when seeking appointment as QME - (1) Pass the QME competency exam; (2) Complete a 12-hour course in disability eval report writing; (3) Devote at least 1/3rd of total practice time to providing direct medical treatment (or have served as a AME on 8+ occasions in past...

it is a diagnosed mental disorder that causes disability or need for medical treat-ment, and the employee can demonstrate that the events of employment were the "predominant cause" of the injury. - A psychiatric injury is compensable if e employer is required to pay benefits no matter who caused the injury, as long as the injury arose out of or occurred in the course of employment. - NO FAULT less the employer is uninsured, the worker cannot pursue other forms of recovery from the employe...

Rights of the claim administrator in selecting the QME and arranging the appointment - If injured worker does not inform the claims administrator of the selection or date of appointment What are some examples of good cause for periods of unavailability longer than 90 days? - Sabbaticals, death/serious illness of immediate family member Decider of disputes about whether a COI may affect the integrity and impartiality of the evaluation or supplemental reports - WCALJ assigned to the case Who...

Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits are available where: A. Vocational Rehabilitation costs are deemed unreasonable. B. The date of injury is before 1/1/13 and the employer does not offer Return-to~Work. C. The injured worker passes the a Job Proficiency Test. D. The date of injury is after 1/1/13 and the employer does not offer Return-to-Work - D. The date of injury is after 1/1/13 and the employer does not offer Return-to-Work The required Labor Code §4628 disclosure at the end of ev...

What is the Verga Decision? - An exception for psych compensability: Can acupuncturists issue opinions on permanent disability? - No Define apportionment - Estimate of the % of permanent disability was caused by work-related injury Define permanent, temporary partial and temporary total disability. - Permanent: irreversible residual of an injury Temp partial: can work, but earn less than previously Temp total: cannot work at all Do psych injuries after termination count as injury? - No ...

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Wernicke's Area - Center for language comprehension Down Syndrome - Extra chromosome, intellectual disabilities and physical abnormalities Accommodation - Adjusting schemes to fit new information Adolescence - (12 years - 22 years) Dramatic physical changes, pursuit of independence/identity, logical/abstract/idealistic thought Amniocentesis - (15 weeks - 18 weeks) Testing of amniotic fluid Aphasia - Total loss or impairment of language processing Assimilation - Using existing schemes to...

Accommodation - occurs when children adjust their schemes to take new information and experiences into account. The toddler learns that motorcycles and trucks are not cars and fine-tunes the category to exclude motorcycles and trucks, accommodating the scheme Insecure resistant babies - often cling to the caregiver and then resist her by fighting against the closeness, perhaps by kicking or pushing away. These babies don't explore the playroom and cry loudly when the caregiver leaves. 2nd...

Costa & McCrae survey of 1000 college students are the big 5 traits stable or unstable - The big 5 personality factors are stable AARP Reason people postponed divorces - For the sake of their children Active Euthanasia - Occurs when death is deliberately induced such as by lethal injection Activity that decreases the onset of physical disability in adults - Exercise Advantages of having children early - Parents are likely to have more physical energy, Mother is less likely to have medical ...

effects of children receiving praise for mediocre performance - inflated self-esteem, have difficulty handling competition and criticism Neglected Children - Infrequently nominated as a best friend but not unliked by their peers # of hours of sleep recommended by pediatricians in early childhood - 11-13 hours Activities that develop gross motor skills in early childhood - hopping, jumping, running, jungle gyms ADHD - characterized by Inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, treated with Ri...

Adolescent egocentrism - Adolescents are overly concerned with their own thoughts and feelings. Defining characteristics of anorexia nervosa - Disorder marked by a persistent refusal to eat and an irrational fear of being overweight. Individuals with anorexia nervosa have a grossly distorted image of their body and claim to be overweight despite being painfully thin. Anorexia is a serious disorder that, left untreated, can result in death Achievement (Marcia) - The Individual has explored ...

When an infant looks at his or her caregivers emotional reactions to get an idea how to approach and appraise_____ - Social referencing In Stage 2 of Erikson's Psychosocial Theory - Autonomy vs. Shame/Doubt, infant or toddlers need______ - suitable guidance and reasonable choices; reasonable expectations for impulse control from their caregivers _____ is the theory where infants biologically (innately) ready to learn language. - Nativist ______ are the two major theories on how children d...

T/F A cross sectional research design is the quickest and most cost-effective method of estimating what happens with age. - Answer-T A person's phenotype is most accurately described as a. a person's genetic inheritances. b. the outcome of the interaction between a person's genotype and a particular environment. c. the result of the union between a sperm cell and egg cell. d. those characteristics that do not have a genetic basis. - Answer-B A positive correlation between viewing tele...

egocentrism - contemplation of the world exclusively from child's personal perspective stage 6 of cognitive development - new means through mental combinations 18-24 months mental combinations deferred imitation types of developmental psychology research - longitudinal cross-sectional cross-sequential longitudinal research - collecting data repeatedly on the same individuals cross-sectional research - groups of people of one age are compared with people of another age but are similar ...

Divided attention - Concentrating on more than one activity at the same time Erikson's stage of integrity vs. despair - 8th and Final stage of development, occurs during late adulthood. Involves reflecting on the past and either piecing together a positive review or concluding that one's life was not well spent. Definition of Temperament - An individual's behavioral style and characteristic emotional response Advantages of having children early - 1. Parents are likely to have more physi...

asked about characteristics of pain - -describes pain a dull and cramping -pain fluctuates in severity asked about typical bowel movements - -typically has BM almost every day -stools usually brown, formed, soft Short term goal - To induce a bowel movement that relieves the patient's constipation, resulting in patient reporting relief and diminished pain, within an emergency department visit. Interventions - 1) Administer a mineral oil based enema with physicians order 2) Assess and fulf...

Tested Posture - Observations: no difficulty standing erect, shoulders even; no reported pain; no swaying, falling, or widening of feet Palpated Posterior Tibial Pulse - Right: Vibration: no thrill Right: Amplitude: 2+ expected Left: Vibration: no thrill Left: Amplitude: 2+ expected Inspected Lower Legs - Right: Appearance: no visible abnormal findings Left: Appearance: no visible abnormal findings Symmetry: symmetric bilaterally Assessed IV Pump - Infusion Rate: IV pump is infusing IV ...

Asked about confusion - -reports occasionally feeling confused Asked about frequency and duration of headaches - -reports headache pain has been constant -reports headache pain has gotten gradually worse since it began -reports that headaches are not episodic Asked about activity level - -reports high level of mobility and independence -reports moderate activity level -regularly attends fitness class -reports gardening as a hobby Asked about aggravating factors of pain - -reports not rem...

asked about substance abuse - -denies illicit drug use; smoking -low alcohol consumption asked about orientation - -oriented to own person -oriented to place -oriented to situation -oriented to time asked about onset, frequency, and duration of pain - -reports discomfort for the past 5 days -reports pain with gradual onset that worsened 2-3 days ago asked about location of pain - -reports pain in lower abdomen -reports pain is not localized asked about characteristics of pain - -descri...