Vital Signs
Hypoxia in a patient would most likely be diagnosed using this vital sign reading
What is Pulse Oximetry
The suffix "ectomy" refers to?
What is Incision
What is the best way to find a patient's weight in kilograms if you already have their weight in pounds?
What is Divide the weight in pounds by 2.2
What is the next step in the Chain of Infection after Portal of Exit?
What is Mode of Transmission or Transportation
This type of form should always be completed if there are any unusual occurrences that occur in the medical office (especially when a patient is involved)
What is Incident Report Form
This vital sign would most-likely be elevated in a patient who is febrile
What is pulse
What is sometimes found at the before a Word Root that modifies the word root meaning?
What is a Prefix
A 75 year old female patient presents to your clinic with severe chest pains and dyspnea. She is pale, weak and in distress. What is the first thing you would do?
What is..CALL 911
This type of patient infection is usually caught within healthcare facilities
What is Nosocomial Infections
Calcium, potassium, and sodium are classified as
What are electrolytes
What two vital signs are always directly related to each other?
What are pulse and respiration
The word root "Pnea" refers to what?
What is breathing
A 2-year old refuses to be weighed in your clinic and clings to his mother. What procedure is the best way to get the child's weight?
What is... Have the mother hold the child. Weigh both together. Weigh the mother by herself. Subtract the weights and you will have the child's weight.
Removing this organ in the abdominal cavity, can cause a weakened immune system
What is Spleen
What are the two identifiers that are commonly used to identify a patient?
What are Name and Date of Birth
You should never use this finger to palpate the pulse
What is thumb
The combining form "cephal/o" refers to
What is head
This common medical instrument has a fine tip for retrieval of foreign objects
What are Splinter Forceps
This immune system support organ shrinks as we age
What is the Thymus Gland
This abbreviation refers to Four Times Per Day?
What is QID
This type of hypertension is caused by other medical conditions
What is Secondary Hypertension
What does "aphagia" refer to
What is the inability to swallow
What type of procedure is the he LEEP excision procedure?
What is Electrosurgery
Which two scientists developed a vaccine that brought polio under control?
Who were Albert Sabin and Jones Salk
This abbreviation refers to Every Other Day
What is QOD