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57 Cards in this Set
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Which heart chamber receives blood from body tissue? |
Right atrium |
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When removing table paper the soiled side is ? |
Folded inside |
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Which heart chamber pumps blood to all parts of the body? |
Left ventricle |
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Temp is usually at its lowest when? |
Early in the day |
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What is the working phase of the heart? |
Systole |
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Systolic pressure is the ___ point of pressure. |
Highest |
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Which vessels carry blood away from the heart? |
Arteries |
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What does a signed consent to release information have to contain? |
Patients full name and specific information to be released, name of the facilities releasing and receiving the records. |
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Each lung is covered by a sac called the? |
Pleura |
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The pancreas secretes? |
Insulin |
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What are the parts of the digestive system? |
Mouth, stomach, esophagus |
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The urinary system maintains what? |
The body's water balance |
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Growth hormone is secreted by what gland? |
Pituitary gland |
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Knowledge of right conduct and wrong conduct is called? |
Ethics |
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Ammonia needs to be? |
Chilled |
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You give wrong information on a job application. This is? |
Fraud |
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Calcium in a green top can be centrifuged when? |
Immediately upon arrival |
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Professional speech and language does not include? |
Slang words |
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Amniotic fluid must be protected from what? |
Light |
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What term means located at or towards the front of the body or body part? |
Anterior |
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Sputum samples are usually collected to diagnose what? |
Tuberculosis |
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Tachy means? |
Fast |
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Myo means? |
Muscle |
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The suffix RRHAGE means? |
Excessive flow |
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In an arterial blood draw the blood should appear? |
Bright cherry red |
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Why it important to mix anticoagulant immediately? |
To prevent micro clot formation |
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What is the most critical aspect of blood culture collection? |
Skin antisepsis |
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A ___ ___ test requires a 9:1 ration of blood to anticoagulant. |
Prothrombin time |
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What color micro collection container would you use for a CBC? |
Lavendar |
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Skin puncture blood reference normal values are higher for? |
Glucose |
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The abbreviation QID mean? |
4 times a day |
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Where are blood cells manufactured? |
Bone marrow |
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The hip and shoulders are what kind of joints? |
Ball and socket |
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When you are excited, scared, or exercising what is stimulated? |
The sympathetic nervous system |
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What do you not want to use when there is a fire? |
An elevator |
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A premature ventricular contraction is a? |
Single irritable beat |
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A sepsis means being free of what? |
Disease producing microbes |
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A second degree heart block is caused by the ? |
Intermittent AV conduction |
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In a normal sinus rhythm do the R-R intervals vary? |
No |
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When does the PR interval begin and end? |
It starts At the 1st sight of the P wave and ends at the 1st sign of the QRS comples. |
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What is the purpose of medical asepsis? |
Remove or destroy pathogens and prevent them from spreading from one person or place to another. |
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The inherent rate of the AV junction is __-__ beats per min. |
40-60 |
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What are 2 things that occur from toxic effects? |
Interaction of 2 or more drugs and overdose of a prescribed drug. |
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EMR stands for ? |
Electronic medical record |
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EHR stands for? |
Electronic health records |
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HIPPA stands for? |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability act |
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Is iodine an acceptable skin antiseptic? |
Yes |
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What is the definition for syncope? |
Loss of consciousness/ fainting |
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What angle should the needle by inserted during a venipuncture? |
15-30 |
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What angle do the give an intradermal injection? |
90 degrees |
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What angle do you give an intradermal injection? |
10-15 |
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What angle do you give a SQ injection? |
45 degrees |
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What is the color order of draw? |
Yellow Light blue Red/tigertop Gold Light green Dark green Lavendar grey |
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Where is the ground lead on an Ekg ? |
Right leg |
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Name the placement and color for each EKG pesh? |
RA- white, RL- green (ground) LA- black RL- RED V1- RSB, RED, 4TH ICS V2- LSB, yellow, 4th ICS V3- MCL, RED, halfway between V2 & V4 V4- MCL, blue, 5ICS V5- AAL,orange, 5ICB V6- MAL, purple, 5ICB |
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What color of tube could you collect a PFT tests in? |
Light blue |
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What additive is in the lavendar tube? |
EDTA |