Review for Exam 1

People give up their cultural language and identity and join a majority group is known as:

A drop in blood pressure some patients experience when they stand up quickly?

Two restraint devices Pigg-O-Stat and Pedia-Poser pediatric positioning chair can accommodate:

Full cardiac arrest is also known as?

Which of these qualities is NOT a desirable quality when conducting a patient interview?

Before you perform any procedure on a patient, you must have:

How many elements are recognized in the textbook when taking a patient's clinical history?

Words do not always mean the same thing to patients as they do to radiologic technologists.

One of the principal cell types the heart:

What could be considered a minor fall for a younger person is harmful for an older person.

What are the keys for Nonverbal Communication?

A component of physics, to living bodies at rest and in motion would be called?

What is it called when you describe the character of symptoms, such as color and consistency?

Type of aging process consists of disease, abuse, and disuse, which are often controllable.

The resting cell membrane is charged positively on the outside and negatively on the inside?

When can you remove a cervical collar?

What are the most common immobilization applications?

What is a glass ceiling?

When can an x-ray tech completely remove an oxygen device from a patient to take an x-ray?

The AV node relays impulse along the bundle of His, which penetrates to enter the ventricles.

The baby boomer generation was born between:

One of these terms regarding verbal communication does not belong:

What does taking a clinical history exactly mean?

The "chief complaint" defined by the patient is known as what?

One of the most common methods of reducing patient motion involves:d clamps

What is a disadvantage of the Pigg-O-Stat?

Homophobia is easily defined as:

What is the baseline of an ECG called?

What heart beat rate indicates bradycardia?

Hypotension is defined as a blood pressure:

Things you can do for a successful geriatric patient interaction, except:

All of the following factors can negatively affect diagnostic quality except:

A patient in a health care facility for diagnosis but does not stay overnight is considered:

One of the “Sacred 7 Elements” that describes pain intensity or the extent of an injury.

The primary medical problem defined by the patient focuses on what single most important issue?

Specialized cells include all of the following EXCEPT:

A patient comes into the room in a wheelchair and on a sling, which type of transfer is needed?

All of the following occur during Inspiration, except:

Each cardiac cycle begins with a spontaneous neural impulse generated by what?

Minimum number of people needed for cart-to-table transfer when no moving devices are available

What is an example of subjective data ?

A Hydraulic lift was designed to adjust patients positioning for the radiologic technologist?

Who is responsible for controlling voluntary motion

Stability muscles are found in the limbs and generally cross 2 or more joints.

Posture and facial expressions are cues for:

A fever exists when the oral temperature is higher than:

What factor other than motion can negatively affect diagnostic information?

Each cardiac cycle begins with a neural impulse generated from which type of specialized cell?

What is protocol when transferring a patient who has limited movement, from gurney to table.

The application of empathy skills accomplishes which of the following:

Radiologists often do not have the opportunity to obtain a clinical history from the patient.

Leading questions should be avoided when conducting a patient interview.

What do you use to transfer a non-weight bearing wheel chair patient to the bed?

What do immobilization techniques help prevent?

When taking a patient’s medical history, you should begin with

The term used to describe an inadequate amount of oxygen at the cellular (tissue) level is:

Abnormalities of cardiac actions within neural conduction system that affects cardiac output

Back pain is a leading cause of disability, how many estimated claims are there yearly?

Choose an example(s) of a leading question during a medical history intake.

What form of traction device is use for Extremity Trauma?

How can you increase your base support?

What is a commonly used method to reduce patient motion?

A condition that describes the intensity, quantity, or extent of the problem?

What is the most common device used to give supplemental oxygen to infants?

When handling a person with disabilities what term should you use to describe them?

Sandbags are radiolucent and will not show up on a radiograph.

Patients under the influence of alcohol or drugs...

Which allows cell membranes to spontaneously depolarize at recurrent periods?

What is the most overlooked aspect of positioning and immobilizing children?

Amount of blood ejected from the ventricles each minute is referred to as:

Which core value does not belong with the U.S mainstream Ethnic Group:

Velcro Straps are not used for?

The ability to evaluate, perceive, and control emotions is:

What are neonates and how can you decrease their mobilization?

Your mobility muscles are found in your torso.

Which device would be best used to help a patient depress their shoulders for an upright exam?

Which of the following is not one of the five elements of cultural competency?

The foundation on which the body rests is called _____.

What is the application of light pressure with the fingers to the body?

The isoelectric line is another name for the baseline of an ECG.

Why is it important to build a rapport with the patient?

What method describes the information regarding the patient’s condition?

When there is no evidence of cardiac neuroconductive activity (full cardiac arrest).

Velcro strap restraints can also be used for compression.

Type of implantable device/devices used to treat arrhythmias?

Verbal communication will work effectively in all ages.

What do you use to assess the heart's ability to perform its vital function?

All of the following is considered stability muscle except:

What position can be used to evaluate the cervical spine during a cervical trauma examination?

Most backboards are made from

Body temperature readings can be measured in Fahrenheit and Kelvin.

On an electrocardiographic, deflections are lettered in alphabetical order?

All of the following should be done for visually impaired patients except:

What is the most common cardiac arrhythmias?

When collecting data, all of the following are great questioning skills EXCEPT:

Which questioning skill gives the patient time to remember?

Working cardiac cells and specialized neural conductive cells are two principal cell types?

All of the following justify the use of applying immobilizing technique except:

Newborn’s respiratory rates average :

When doing lifting you should allow your stability muscles to do all the lifting?

Which typically involves either SA or AV node abnormalities?

Which immobilization device is used in injuries to the pelvis, hips and lower extremities?

Which physiologic events of a cardiac cycle are actually observed on an ECG tracing?

Term for movement of ions in/out of membrane, charge is altered, reversing resting potential

Most simple, inexpensive and reliable method of restraining or immobilizing a child is:

If a patient has additional information with regard to their original complaint, you should:

What type of data pertains or is perceived by the affected individual only?

Homeostasis means:

Blood fills the ventricles during?

Approximately what percentage of the world’s population has some type of disability?

Ventricular fibrillation is not life threatening.

Which of the following physical changes would be associated withintegumentary changes

What heart beat rate indicates tachycardia?

The most common device used to deliver low concentrations of oxygen is the ______.

Using _________ to relax and have emotional release for patients as verbal skills.

When performing a transfer on a patient, you should do all of the following EXCEPT:

What is the term that describes the point a which all mass is concentrated around?

What is the most effective method of immobilization with a pediatric patient?

What type of equipment might patient have attached to them when arriving in Radiology dept?

What is known as the pacemaker of the heart?

The seven elements recognized for a clinical history are often referred to as what?

It takes a minimum of 4 people for cart-to-table transfer when no moving devices are available.

Pitch, stress, tone, rate, volume, accent, and quality of one’s voice; is music of language:

All of the following are routes to measure core temperature except:

What is cultural competency?

Which “Sacred Seven Elements” involves touching for emphasis?

A pacemaker is most often used to treat which condition?

_____ sequence is denial, anger, bargaining, depression,preparatory depression, and acceptance.

_______ is the the study of aging and disease of older adults

When rolling a patient for moving or positioning always roll them

The amount of blood pumped by the heart each minute refers to which of the following?

All of the following is considered mobility muscles except:

When describing where exactly pain may be or come from, what term may be used?

In moving a pt it is best to use mobility muscles for lifting and postural muscles for support.

The hypothetical point around which all mass appears to be concentrated is called ____.

A questioning skill that condenses and verifies accuracy of everything the patient has said.

1st deflection, or representation of depolarization of atrial muscle cells, is called P wave.

.What is the most common Spinal Trauma traction device encountered by technologists?

Open-ended questions are

When the patient's temperature falls below the normal range it is called:

The branch of physics that applies the law of of mechanics to living creatures is called ___.

Endotracheal tubes ( ET ) are used for all of the following except:

What is one of the major concerns of linguistic differences?

Which of the sacred seven elements is defined as the time element of the history?

Blood pressure readings are obtained with the use of a:

Immobilization techniques are often required for

What are the four core values of Human Rights Law?

What is the Kinsey Scale, or KSix?

When a patient has a sudden drop in blood pressure as he/she gets up too quickly?

When performing a transfer to a wheelchair, what should you do first?

What is a common term used to describe difficulty breathing?

Which of the following refers to the process of depolarization and repolarization?

What fraction of patients in acute care settings receive some sort of oxygen therapy?

Thoracostomy tubes are inserted to establish negative intrapleural pressure in cases of:

What is the object that you wrap around the patient before assisting to transfer from a w/c?

A technique used to obtain more detail when questioning during a patient interview?

Which device is designed strictly for use in positioning various projections of the skull?

Objective data is always more important than subjective data.

It is not useful for a radiologist to have a patient history since he/she just reads an x-ray.

What Need lies at the bottom of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

What helps prevent or reduce the strain on a patient’s back during the examination?

What percentage of room air gases containing oxygen are sufficient to maintain homeostasis?

Which sacred seven describes a character of the patient’s symptoms?

All are signs of orthostatic hypotension except

When using repetition as a questioning skill, you

This position has the patient lying on their ventral side with a knee drawn up to their waist.

Taken literally, human diversity means:

Which of these does NOT describe the quality of a patient’s symptoms?

What is the process of depolarization and repolarization of the cardiac membrane called?

In an ECG, the wide space between cardiac cycles indicates a normal heart rate.

What is one of the most effective and common methods of reducing patient motion?

When performing an assisted transfer, the wheelchair should be positioned at what angle?

Toddlers are considered to be in the age range from:

Central Venous lines are inserted into a ______.

A lack of communication between the radiographer and the patient will increase:

Electrocardiogram is commonly abbreviated as:

What should be considered when performing a radiographic position on a geriatric patient?

When you try to localize the precise area of patient complaint, all the following apply EXCEPT:

When transferring patients you have to be mindful of the following EXCEPT:

Which transfers can be used to move a patient from a wheelchair to an examination table?

Good history taking includes

Proper Body mechanics involve everything except:

What are desirable qualities of the Interviewer to obtain a patient's history?

Technologist can remove immobilization device at any time during examination.

A common cause of tachypnea is

How do you achieve rapport?

What is an air splint?

When assisting non-english speaking patients, the technologist should: