The Health Assistant
Which of the healthcare team members, involves diagnosing and treating diseases and disorders?
What is medical?
These are the 4 main vitals signs.
What are T, P, R, BP?
This disease is created by internal pathogens (ex: herpes, TB, etc.)
What is endogenous?
These are diseases that can be spread between people. They are considered infectious.
What are communicable diseases?
You always open sterile packages this way.
What is away from you?
Nursing, PCT, CCMA all fall into this Pathway.
What is Therapeutic?
These are the other two, just as important vital signs.
What are pulse ox & pain?
Ringworm is an example of what type of pathogen?
What is fungi?
The are spread by indirect contact.
You use this to sterilize metal OR equipment.
What is the autoclave?
Privately owned hospitals are considered this.
What is proprietary?
This pulse is found on the underside of the wrist.
What is radial?
What is Standard?
What is airborne precaution?
You should do this if your sterile field has become contaminated?
What is create another sterile field?
When someone needs to go to a facility for rehabilitation this facility is called.
What is a subacute facility?
What is a fever?
When the PCT is done using a sharp device, they will place this device in this.
What is a sharps container?
Your patient has c-diff, you know this requires which type of precaution.
What is contact precaution?
What are non-sterile gloves?
Making sure you are following the dress code your facility has in place is an example of this.
What is compliance/following rules?
This is the term for difficulty breathing when laying down, the person needs to either sit up or stand up.
What is orthopnea?
We put these on last and remove them first.
What are gloves?
Your patient is on droplet precaution, what PPE will you wear?
What are gown, gloves, and mask?
This needs to be on the label of the sterile equipment.
What is name of the instrument, date of sterilization and signature of person that sterilized.