which of the following terms should a medical assistant use to tell a provider a patient is having discomfort and difficulty breathing? - ANSWER- dyspnea which of the following is outside of a medical assistant's scope of practice? - ANSWER- order additional laboratory tests to confirm the patient's condition when assisting a provider with a punch biopsy of a mole, which of the following tasks should a medical assistant expect to perform? - ANSWER- receive and prepare tissue specimens for processing a patient loses consciousnesses. The EKG tracing reveals ventricular fibrillation. Which of the following actions should a medical assistant take first? - ANSWERcall for help and begin CPR a medical assistant is reinforcing teaching with a patient about pulse oximetry. Which of the following statements should the assistant include in the teaching? - ANSWER- remove your nail polish before the test a medical assistant receives a denial of payment for a patient's cholecystectomy. The reason stated is "non-covered service". If this procedure was deemed emergent by the provider, which of the following actions should the assistant take? - ANSWER- instruct the patient to contact the insurer about the denial of payment which of the following laboratory results should the medical assistant recognize is abnormal? - ANSWER- potassium 3 mEq/L a medical assistant is scheduling diagnostic tests for a patient's liver and pancreas. Which of the following systems is being measured? - ANSWER- digestive