Patient Care
A patient's skin temperature, level of consciousness, general breathing patterns, and skin color.
What are the cardinal signs?
The amount of time required for hand hygiene to be effective.
What is 20 seconds?
When a patient's beats per minute are greater than 100.
What is "tachycardia"?
What is SBAR?
The ability to understand and share another person's feelings as if you were experiencing them yourself.
What is empathy?
What are acute, chronic, or life-altering?
The percentage of adults in the United States who cannot read.
The correct meaning of LOC, if seen on a patients chart, refers to their __________.
What is level of consciousness?
When a patient is in severe mental health distress or suicidal ideation, your role as a respiratory therapist, radiologic technician, or radiation therapist is to be _______ while a mental health professional is on their way.
What is the container?
Lab values like BUN and creatinine measure this specific bodily function.
What is renal (kidney) function?
Medicare requires that a physician certify that the individual has ______ or less of life left before they will pay for hospice services.
What is 6 months?
The failure of the circulatory system to deliver blood to the body, causing poor profusion of the tissues.
What is "shock"?
What a provider is referring to when they use the acronym "HAI".
What is a Healthcare Associated Infection?
The pulling apart of surgical sutures is also called _____.
What is dehiscence?
The five vital signs used to measure a patient's current status.
What are blood pressure, pulse (heart rate), respiratory rate, temperature, pulse oximetry?
On average, this is the percentage of the message communicated through verbal communication (words).
What is 7%?
The process of identifying victims, performing initial exams, and assigning priorities for further care.
What is "triage"?
What is acknowledging, introducing, duration, explanation, and "thank you"?
When most of the message is implied and involves greater reliance on body language, reference to objects in the environment, and/or culturally relevant phraseology to convey an idea.
What is high-context communication?
The type of venous access device typically inserted into a hand, foot, or forearm.
What is a peripheral venous access device?
The normal SYSTOLIC range for blood pressure for a person ages 1-17 years old.
What is 80-122?
The absence of ALL micro-organisms.
What is "surgical asepsis"?
The acronym used to help identify signs of a stroke.
(5+ bonus points for knowing what the letters stand for).
F: Facial Droop
A: Arm weakness on one or both sides
S: Speech difficulty
T: Time to call 911
All six components of the communication cycle.
What are the sender, the receiver, the message, the mode of communication, static (noise), and feedback?