General Patient Care
Injury due to tearing a joint's tendon, ligament, or cartilage.
WHAT IS A SPRAIN?
a portable EKG recording device that a patient carries for 24 hours or more.
WHAT IS A HOLTER MONITOR?
A plan that requires preauthorizations and pre-certifications
WHAT IS HMO (HEALTH MAINTENACE ORGANIZATION)?
Back of the body
WHAT IS POSTERIOR OR DORSAL?
The stoppage of the flow of blood
WHAT IS HEMOSTASIS?
Lying flat on the back with the knees bent
WHAT IS DORSAL RECUMBENT?
The three waves that represent a cardiac cycle on an ECG
WHAT ARE THE P, QRS, AND T WAVES?
A request for approval that is necessary to do a health care provider can provide a medical service
WHAT IS PRIOR AUTHORIZATION?
Close to the point of attachment or trunk
WHAT IS PROXIMAL?
Contains EDTA
WHAT IS A LAVENDER TUBE?
Red streaks extending from the wound
WHAT IS CALLED LYMPHANGITIS?
wires that carry the recorded electrical activity to the electrocardiograph
WHAT ARE LEAD WIRES?
Coordinates treatment to make sure patients receive the required care
WHAT IS PCMH (PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME)
Toward the head or away from the feet
WHAT IS SUPERIOR OR CRANIAL?
This is the most common venipuncture site in the crook fo the elbow.
WHAT IS THE ANTECUBITAL FOSSA?
Series of activities used to determine the developmental stage of children
WHAT IS DENVER DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING TEST?
period of time that begins with the QRS complex and ends with the T wave
WHAT IS THE QT INTERVAL?
The specific amount of money must be paid out of pocket before the insurance carrier begins to pay
WHAT IS DEDUCTIBLE?
away from the point of attachment or trunk
WHAT IS DISTAL?
The color of this blood collection tube stopper indicates a clean sample of serum (no anticoagulant additive)
WHAT IS RED?
Administering intramuscular injection route
WHAT IS PARENTERAL ADMINISTRATION?
Unwanted external event not associated with heart function
WHAT IS AN ARTIFACT?
A government health insurance program mostly for people aged 65 or older
WHAT IS MEDICARE?
Toward the midline
WHAT IS MEDIAL?
A lab device that uses rapid spinning to separate the components of a blood sample
WHAT IS A CENTRIFUGE?