Although Emergency Rooms Are Considered Vital to Public Safety, Patients

question 17

Multiple Choice

Although emergency rooms are considered vital to public safety, patients __________.

• A) can be turned away if they entered the country illegally
• B) can be turned away for not paying required insurance deductibles
• C) cannot be turned away.
• D) can be refused treatment for inability to pay

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Definitions:

NADH

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) in its reduced form, NADH is a coenzyme that plays a vital role in energy metabolism and the electron transport chain in cells.

Carbon Dioxide

A colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration.

Electron Transport Chain

A series of protein complexes located in the inner mitochondrial membrane that creates a proton gradient to generate ATP, the energy currency of the cell.

FADH

A reduced form of flavin adenine dinucleotide, a redox (reduction-oxidation) coenzyme involved in several important metabolic reactions.