Intro to Radiology & Patient Care

What is the number one thing we can do to prevent the spread of infections?

Describes the character of the symptoms.

Private or civil wrong or injury, other than breach of contract, which court provides a remedy

Today, what are central venous lines used for?

What is used to deliver low concentrations of oxygen?

What are infections that people acquire while they are receiving care in a health care setting?

Employs techniques & procedures, performs services of accepted standards; demos expertise

What is caused by spinal anesthesia or damage to the upper spinal cord?

What is the most accurate way to take a temperature?

Before a patient leaves a wheelchair during any transfer, what must be done first?

What is an average respiration range for children?

When transferring a patient, which leg should be nearest to the table?

What is an average pulse range for children?

Exercises care, discretion, & judgement; responsible for decisions; acts for pt best interest

Mammography is a valuable diagnostic tool for what?

Streptococcal Phryngitis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Clostrididium Botulinum are common what?

HBV, HIV, HCV, HDV, Syphilis are all examples of what?

Which of the following is not one of the the 5 rights of drug administration?

What is any unlawful touching of another that is w/o justification or excuse?

Defining as exact and precise an area as possible for the patient's complaint.

What is the phase called during ventricular contraction?

Where are stability muscles found?

What degree should the wheelchair be positioned in a Standby Assist transfer?

What is any willful threat to inflict injury on the person of another?

Rad Tech acts in a professional manner, responses to patient needs, & supports colleagues.

What is the average respiratory rate for newborns?

What is considered to be a "normal" blood pressure?

Open-ended ?s, facilitation, silence, probing ?s, repetition, summarize are known as what?

What is the purpose of an Endotracheal tube?

Radial, Brachial, Carotid are three common sites to measure what?

Circumstances that produce the problem or intensify it

What is the purpose of a chest tube?

What is the most common method of reducing patient motion?

When were x-rays discovered?

What delivers approximately 35-50% oxygen to patients?

What is the top number when measuring blood pressure?

Involves the reduction in numbers of infectious agents (decreases probability of infection)

Promotes and regulates all aspects of medicine in the US.

What is energy that is transmitted by waves through space or through a medium (matter)?

Human Diversity characteristics include:

What position is this patient in?

What is used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in Nuclear Medicine?

Persistant blood pressure above 140/90 is known as what?

What is the average respiration range for adults?

What modality performs exams for the diagnosis & treatment within the cardiovascular system?

When the ventricles fill with blood during rest, what is that called?

Where can hemoglobin oxygen saturation be read from?

Holding up a person to ridicule, scorn, or contempt

Data pertains to or are perceived by the affected individual.

Which modality does not use ionizing radiation?

Where is the body's center of gravity?

What is the synonym for x-ray?

What is a noninvasive device used to provide assessment of the hemoglobin oxygen saturation?

What is caused by loss of blood or tissue fluid?

What is the term used to describe respiratory rate greater than 20 breaths/min in an adult?

Rad Tech advances the principal objective to provide services to humanity w/ respect & dignity.

Practices ethical conduct appropriate to profession & protects patient's rights to quality care

What is considered to be a negative contrast?

What are abnormalities called during a patient's cardiac cycle?

Respects confidences, respects privacy rights, & reveals confidential info only required by law

What position is this patient in?

What is self-actualization, aesthetics, need to know, esteem, love, safety, physiologic

What is an average oral temperature?

Which modality uses high-energy ionizing radiation as a treatment?

Where are mobility muscles found?

What is a branch of physics that applies the laws of mechanics to living creatures?

Practices upon theoretic knowledge, uses equipment w properly, & employs exams appropriately

In a two-person lift, the stronger of the two people should lift where?

What is another term for when a patient has a fever?

When a patient's temperature is 99.5 degrees or above, what is it considered?

What must be done during an Assisted Standing Pivot Transfer?

What device can be used to aid in minimizing friction during cart transfers?

What agent appears light on a radiograph?

The absolute killing of all life forms is known as what?

What is the best way to take an infant's temperature?

Agent for observation & communication to obtain pertinent info for physician to aid w diagnosis

What is a normal mean body temperature?

What is a normal SpO2 reading?

When performing a transfer...

What does HIPAA stand for?

Host, Infection Microorganism, Mode of Transmission, and Reservoir are part of what?

Limited uticaria, limited cutaneous edema, itchy throat, conjunctivitis are signs of what?

What is an average pulse range for an adult?

Who discovered the x-ray?

What position is this patient in?

What is the medication used during anaphylaxis?

Data thats perceptible to the senses, such as signs that can be seen, heard, or felt.

What position is this patient in?

Which of these muscles should be used for support and posture?

Strives to improve knowledge & skill by contin. ed, pro. activities & investigating new ideas

Simply means the differences inherent among people.

What is the bottom number when measuring blood pressure?

Delivers patient care unrestricted by concerns of personal attributes/diseases w/o prejudice

What means freedom from infection & can be divided into two categories?

What is orthostatic hypotension?