Sonographer Safety
Patient Care
Sonographic Procedures
Medical Law and Ethics
Terminology
100
This % of Sonographers are affected by musculoskeletal injuries.
What is >75%.
100
An infection aquired in a hospital.
What is a Nosocomial Infection.
100
Horizontal
What is Transverse.
100
A sonographer's best friend.
What is documentation.
100
Any plane not parallel to the others
What is Oblique.
200
Scanning technique, scheduling of patients/exams, and equipment used.
What are risk factors for occupational injuries.
200
The most effective infection control practice.
What is washing hands.
200
Head elevated 25 degrees knees slightly flexed
What is the Modified Fowler position.
200
A standard of care medical professional are required to follow.
What is Duty.
200
Divides the body into equal right & left sides
What is Coronal.
300
This organization is concerned with working with toxic waste products, needle sticks, ergonomics, and infection control.
What is Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA).
300
Gloves, masks, and gowns are examples of this.
What is Personal protective equipment (PPE).
300
Findings and observations upon completion of the ultrasound study.
What are Technical reports.
300
Failure to meet the standard of care.
What is Breach.
300
Divides the body into anterior & posterior
What is Sagittal
400
Exercising, modifying work behaviors, and reducing prolonged exposure to constrained/forced positions.
What are ways to reduce MSI.
400
Your patient's heart and breathing stop, they lose consciousness and pupils are dilated.
What is sudden cardiac arrest.
400
Patient’s pelvis is lower than head
What is Reverse trendelenburg
400
The professional's failure to meet the standard was the actual cause of injury.
What is Causation.
400
Situated in back or in the back part of.
What is Posterior.
500
A state of chronic work-related stress.
What is Burnout.
500
You must have all of these to transmit infection.
What is An infectious agent, an environment for pathogens, means of transportation, and a portal of entry.
500
AIUM, SDMS, ARDMS, IAC.
What are professional organizations.
500
The burden becomes the defendants responsibility to prove they were not negligent.
What is res ipsa loquitur.
500
An increase in the range of doppler shift frequencies caused by a broader range of flow speeds encountered by the sound beam.
What is spectral broadening.
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