EKG
What is the primary pacemaker of the heart?
The SA node
Which vein is used for obese people
The cephalic vein
The suffix "itis" means this.
Inflammation
What is a fixed amount of money that the patient is responsible to pay at each visit
Copayment
Decrease in eye sight due to age is
Presbyopia
What part of the heart cycle do we get a P wave?
Atrial depolarization
What needle gauge is used for blood banks
16 Gauge needles
If a patient wishes to withhold life-sustaining treatment, what advance directives should the medical assistant add to the patient's chart?
Do not resuscitate
Scheduling two patients for the same appointment time is called?
Double booking
A site most considered for intramuscular injections for infants is called
Vastus lateralis
Atrial flutter resembles a what appearance?
Sawtooth shape
Give the order of Capillary draw?
Lavender, Light blue, Green, Gray, Red
A medical device used to measure a patient's range of motion
Goniometer
Which technique is used for applying bandage of the ankle
Figure 8
Used to determine visual acuity
Snellen test
What is the difference between Idioventricular rhythm and Junctional rhythm
Idioventricular have wide QRS while junctional doesn't
Which Tube is an anticoagulant, high in potassium, and also tests for sickle cell, ESR, A1C.
Lavender top tube
Which drug classification describes medications used to lower body temperature?
Antipyretics.
Trendelenburg
Consists of the probable course and outcome of a patient's condition and the patients prospect for recovery
Prognosis
Explain the difference Bigeminy and Trigeminy PVCs
This is when PVCs occur after every other beat while Trigeminy PVCs occur after every 2 beats
What do these test have in common? Latic acid, ammonia, arterial blood gases, gastrin, pyruvate?
They must be chilled in an ice slurry after collection.
What is a chronological file containing reminders of things to be done
Tickler file.
Define Eupnea, Febrile, Dyspnea
Eupnea-Normal respiration
Febrile- another word for fever (a temperature above normal range)
Dyspnea- difficulty breathing
Liver dysfunction primarily affects which pharmacokinetic process.
Distribution