Venipuncture/Injections
This must always be confirmed using at least two patient identifiers before drawing blood.
What are patient name and date of birth?
This color of urine can indicate the presence of blood.
What is pink or red?
This vital sign measures how fast the heart is beating per minute.
What is a pulse?
Gloves, masks, safety glasses and gowns are all examples of this
What is personal protective equipment or PPE?
True or False: A cane should be held on the weaker or injured side of the body.
What is False? (A cane should be held on the stronger or good side).
This blood draw method is best used for patients with small, fragile, or difficult veins such as pediatric or geriatric patients.
What is the butterfly (winged infusion set)?
Instrument used to measure blood pressure.
What is a sphygmomanometer?
This temperature measurement is taken in the ear.
What is tympanic temperature?
This safety equipment must be worn when working with infectious airborne diseases.
What is an N95 respirator or mask?
You should always aim the fire extinguisher at this part of the fire.
What is the base of the fire?
A 25G and 5/8" needle is typically used for this injection.
What is a subcutaneous (subcut or SubQ)?
This EKG chest lead is placed at the 4th intercostal space to the left of the sternum.
What is V2?
A normal SpO2 (peripheral capillary oxygen saturation) reading for most healthy individuals.
What is 95-100%
After assessing vitals and history, this step helps the MA decide which patients are seen first, second, or later.
What is prioritizing care (assigning triage level)?
This is the maximum recommended volume for a single intramuscular injection in the deltoid muscle of an adult.
What is 1mL?
If drawing lab tubes of blue, lavender, and green tubes, this is the correct order of draw.
What is blue, green, then lavender?
This body position involves lowering the head and raising the foot benefiting hypotensive patients.
What is Trendelenburg's position?
This artery, located at the wrist on the thumb side, is commonly used to measure pulse.
What is the radial artery?
This should never be done with a used needle or lancet.
What is never recapping the needle?
If a biologic or hazardous chemical gets into your eyes, you should use an eyewash station and flush your eyes for this minimum amount of time.
What is 15 minutes?
The needle hole becomes smaller (thinner) as this number increases.
What is the gauge number?
In an EKG, this can be caused by patient movement, speaking, loose electrodes, or excessive jewelry.
What is an artifact or interference?
If the radial pulse disappears at 90 mmHg during palpation, this is the correct next step for cuff inflation.
What is to inflate the cuff ~30 mmHg above 100 mmHg (to about 120 mmHg)?
True or False: Stroke symptoms such as facial drooping, arm weakness, or slurred speech should be monitored for a few hours before calling 911.
What is false?
This coding system is used to classify diagnoses and reasons for patient visits.
What is ICD-10?