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R.A.C.E. (hint: fire)
What is Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Extinguish
The three routes of disease transmission
What are airborne, droplet and contact?
Sudden blockage of a major lung artery, usually by a blood clot
What is a pulmonary embolus?
Professional negligence that causes injury to a patient
What is malpractice?
Phase 1 as described by Dr. Elizabeth Kubler Ross
What is denial?
Guidelines adopted in 1996 to prevent disease transmission
What are Standard Precautions?
Objects which may carry infection
What are fomites?
Convex t-spine
What is kyphosis?
Law protecting people who give aid in emergency situations
What is a Good Samaritan Law?
Organization which accredits radiologic technology schools
What is the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology? JRCERT
Required PPE for airborne transmission
What are gown, gloves and N95 mask?
Infection acquired while hospitalized
What is a nosocomial infection?
Fracture that creates a visible wound through the skin
What is an open fracture?
Defamation, assault and battery are examples of this tort
What is an intentional tort?
Organization that provides certification, ethics and testing for radiographers
What is the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists? ARRT
Difficulty breathing
What is dyspnea?
Single celled organisms with shapes like spherical (cocci), oblong (bacilli) and spiral (spirilla)
What are bacteria?
Air or gas in the pleural space around the lungs
What is pneumothorax?
Ethical principal requiring action to prevent harm or to do the greatest good
What is beneficience?
Organization that offers professional development, continuing education and advocacy for radiographers
What is the American Society of Radiologic Technologists? ASRT
Condition caused by low blood oxygen levels
What is hypoxemia?
Device using high pressure steam to achieve surgical asepsis
What is an autoclave?
Shock caused when heart fails to pump enough blood to vital organs
What is cardiogenic shock?
Incorrect side marker that results in harm to a patient is an example of this
What is an unintentional tort?
Top of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs pyramid
What is self actualization?