BMI
The meaing of BMI
What is Bpdy Mass Index?
Most common place to take an adult;s pulse
What is the radial pulse?
The best position if the patient complains of SOB
What is Semi-Folwlers position?
Cell organelle responsible for energy production
What is the mitochondria?
A medical term for a blood clot
What is a thrombus?
A BMI over ____ is considered obese
What is 30?
Most common place to check an infants heart rate
What is the apical pulse?
The appendix is located on this part of the digestive tract
What is the cecum?
Term meaning one side
What is unilateral?
A pt side effct when performing an ear irrigation
What is vertigo?
A BMI less than _____ is considered underweight?
What is 18.5?
The neborn infants heart rate
What is 120 -160 bpm?
A chronic complication of DM
What is retinopathy?
Term for the process of obtaining approval by insurance providers that identifies insurance coverage for a diagnostic or therapeutic activity
What is precertification?
The distance a pt should stand fro the vision chart during a visual exam
What is 20 feet?
A BMI of ____ to ____ is considered normal
What is 18.5 to 24.9?
A rectal temperature is ___ degree _______ than an oral temperature
1 degree higher?
Emergent condition with pt slurring speach, and development of drooping to one side of the mouth
Waht is a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)?
The meaning of dysuria with hematuria
What is painful and bloody urination?
Appropriate IM injection site for an infant
What is the vastus lateralis?
A BMI greater than _____ is considered overweight
What is 24.9
The systolic and diastolic sounds represent which Korotkoff sounds
What are the 1st and 5th sounds?
Disease cause by smoking, obesity, high cholesterol and HTN. Symptoms include SOB, wheezing, peripheral edema in legs, and irregular heart beat
What is Congestive heart failure (CHF)?
The term for completely destroyong all micro-organisms , pathogenic, gene filled spores, and bacteria fro the surface of instruments and equipment
What is sterilization?
The name for the muscle layer of the heart
What is the myocardium?