Healthcare Team
What is the first provider from whom a patient will seek care and services?
Patient Care Provider (PCP)
What screening is recommended yearly to maintain oral health?
Dental examination
The medical assistant can coach patients on disease prevention. Which would be considered disease prevention coaching?
Hand Hygiene and immunization education are related to prevention measures for diasease.
To lower blood pressure or cholesterol, you must vigorously do what?
Extream exercise for 40 minutes
What allows providers and other allied health personnel to exchange patient health info. , diagnostic results, and other important info?
Electronic submissions
What health care professional diagnoses and treats conditions requiring a specific area of expertise?
Specialist
What infection should clinicans screen for in adolescents and adults ages 15 to 65?
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
How do common infectious illnesses like colds and the flu spread most easily?
touching your eyes, nose, or mouth without washing hands.
How much rest is recomented to get.
up to 7 or 8 hours of sleep
What allows the provider and patient to communicate in real time through two-way interactions?
Live Video
What health care professional prepares and dispenses medications prescribed by authorized providers?
Pharmacist
At what age should colorectal cancer screening generally begin according to recommended screenings?
Age 45
Which of these habits helps lower your risk of developing type 2 diabetes?
Getting regular physical activity (exercise), Maintaining a healthy weight, Eating balanced meals, ect.
If consuming alcohol what are limitations that female patients are recomented, and male patients?
Females up to 1drinks, and male up to 2 drinks per day.
Learning style achieved by reading information and seeing diagrams or graphics
Visual learning
A patient came in after suffering astroke and is having difficulty speaking and swallowing. Which team member should help with the patient to improve their ability to communicate and swallow?
Speech Therapist (speech-language pathologist)
A 66 year old male comes in for a routine check up. History is he has smoked in the past, and his provider wants to check for an enlarged area in the lower part of the aorta. What one-time screening should be considered?
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening
When educating a hospitalized patient and their family on infection control, what is the most critical instruction regarding hand hygiene with alcohol-based hand rub?
it must be rubbed over all surfaces of the hands until the hands are completely dry.
Eating foods lower in sodium and eating less than 2,300 mg of sodium a day can lower what?
The professional boundary that limits what questions a MA can answer regarding a patient's treatment plan.
Scope of practice
A 58-year old male comes in for a treatment of a chronic illness. He is having trouble paying for his care and lacks reliable transportation to his appointments. He also needs assistance to find afforable housing and other community resources. Which team member should help coordinate these services?
Social Worker
A 50 year old patient comes in for a routine appointment. Pt has an increased risk of eye disease due to family history of glaucoma and also has diabetes. What examination will the patient recieve?
Dilated Eye Examination
How do vaccines stimulate the body's adaptive immune system to provide long-term protection without causing full-scale disease?
By introducing a weakened, inactivete, or partial form of the pathogen that triggers an immune responce and the creation of memory cells.
patients who have diabetes should monitior carbohydate intake. What are carbohydrates measured in?
Grams
This medical device is used as an example for demonstraiting kinesthetic learning with a "return demonstration"
Glucometer