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| Abdominal aortic aneurism |
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| Transient ischemic attack |
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| Upper respiratory infection |
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| Acute respiratory distress syndrome |
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| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Open reduction and internal fixation |
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| Degenerative joint disease |
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| Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus |
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| Deoxygenated blood flows into it from the inferior and superior vena cava and veins draining into the heart |
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| What type of shock is most frequently seen in radiography |
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| The medication usually given for anaphylactic shock |
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| what causes a cerebral vascular accident? |
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| an occlusion of the blood supply to the brain, rupture of the blood supply to the brain, or rupture of cerebral artery |
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| abrupt onset, people under 30 |
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| where are the islets of Langerhans located and what do they do? |
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| In the pancreas and they secrete the hormone insulin |
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| how long can the human brain survive without oxygen? |
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| for every minute that difibrillation is delayed how much does the patients chance of survival decrease? |
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| when would you use a chest thrust instead of an abdominal thrust? |
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| when the patient is pregnant or excessively obese |
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| what are the three areas of neurological functioning that make up the Glasgow Coma Scale? |
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| eyes open, motor response, verbal response |
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| what makes up a patients vital signs? |
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| body temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure |
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| is a physicians order required for vital signs to be measured? |
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| what controls body temperature? |
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| a small structure in the basal region of the diencephalons of the brain called the hypothalamus |
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| a fever or above normal body temperature |
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| as the body temperature increases, what does it do to the body's demand for oxygen? |
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| it increases the body's demand for oxygen |
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| what is the average oral temperature reading? |
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| which site is the safest method of measuring body temperature? |
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| what is the site of the most reliable measurement of body temperature? |
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| which pulse site is the most accessible and can be taken most conveniently on adults |
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| what is the most accurate pulse site for cardiovascular assessment for infants and children |
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| what is the average rate of respiration for an adult? |
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| who has higher blood pressure between men and women? |
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| what is the systolic reading of blood pressure |
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| the highest point reached during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart as it pumps blood in the aorta |
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| what does the pulse oximeter monitor |
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| the oxygen saturation of hemoglobin |
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| must oxygen be prescribed by a physician? |
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| how much oxygen should be administered through a nasal cannula on an adult patient? |
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| when a face mask is used to deliver oxygen, it should be run at no less than: |
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| what are the nine pulse sites |
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| radial, carotid, apical, temporal, femoral, popliteal, brachial, posterior tibial, dorsalis pedis |
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| colorless, minute, once-celled organism with a typical nucleus |
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| cells that require an oxygenated environment to live; may be either yeasts or molds |
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| parasitic worms that may live int he human intestinal tract for long periods of time if not treated |
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| an organism that lives in or on another and draws its nourishment from that on which it lives |
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| minute microbes that can not be visualized under an ordinary microscope; the smallest microorganism known to produce disease |
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| tuberculosis is a disease caused by: |
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| HIV is a disease caused by: |
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| health care workers most often contract which type of Hepatitis from accidental needle sticks |
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| how an infection is transmitted: |
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1. an infectious agent
2. a reservoir for agent to survive
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4.transpo (droplet)
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| any practice that helps reduce teh number and spread of microorganisms |
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| what are the 3 specific modes of disease transportation |
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| airborne, droplet, contact |
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| which diseases are spread by airborne route? |
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| SARS, smallpox, chicken pox, TB, and rubeola |
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| if the sterility of an object is qustionable |
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| it is not to be considered sterile |
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| what factors encourage a nosocomial infection |
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| environment, therapeutic regimen, equipment, contamination during medical procedures |
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| because of the strength of the biceps should you push, or pull heavy items |
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| what item facilitates moving patients from one surface to another |
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| how should immobilizers be removed |
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| what position is used for an enema tip |
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| what position is best for a patient in respiratory distress |
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| what is reactive hyperemia? |
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| heat and redness in an area as the blood rushes to the traumatized spot. |
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| slide your opened flattened hands under teh cast and avoid grasping the cast with your fingers |
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| what is the most common hospital accident |
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| the occupational dose limit for a fetus must not exceed what during the entire gestation |
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| what are the 3 most important ways to reduce ionizing radiation to the radiographer |
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| time, distance, sheilding |
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| can radiologic technologists interpret films |
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| restraining a patient without reason |
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| when a radiographers negligence results in a patient injury |
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| what are the modes of thinking? |
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| recall, habit, inquiry, and creativity |
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| what are the elements of self concept |
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| body image, self-esteem, role, and identity |
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| what are the 5 stages of grief? |
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| denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance |
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| what 2 parts make up the standards of ethics |
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| code of ethics and rules of ethics |
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