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when scheduling patients for an abdominal ultrasound, you should tell them to:
avoid eating foods that produce gas
if the breasts become discolored after a mammogram
the patient should not be alarmed
after age 40, women are urged to have a mammography every ____ years.
1-2
Who interprets an ECG?
provider
When using a Holter monitor, the ECG electrodes are attached to a patient’s:lower back ?
False : chest wall
When placing the ECG electrodes on a patient’s lower leg, the connectors should point:
up
the spleen is located
just beneath the left side of the diaphragm
platelets and injured tissues release thromboplastin, which triggers the ________ process to begin.
clotting
the first part of the cardiac cycle is called:
atrial depolarization
The ECG tracing is generated in about ____ on a single 8 × 10 sheet of ECG paper.
1 minute
the tricuspid valve is located between the
right atrium and ventricle
this device consists of a small battery-powered pulse generator with electrode catheters
artificial pacemaker
the ____ walls are thin, one-cell structures
capillary
the term ____ is used to identify any abnormal changes in the heart rhythm.
arrhythmia
heart failure is a condition in which the heart pumps too weakly to supply the body with blood?
True
blood flows out from the ____ and into the aorta
left ventricle
If the ECG cycles are too close together, the speed can be changed to ___ mm per second
25 , 50 , 75
50
the ___ records the heart’s voltage difference between the left leg and a central point between the right and left arm. aVF or aVG
aVF
the bipolar leads are attached to which parts of the body?
upper outer arms and inner lower calves
Sickle cell anemia a conditions involves the localized inflammation of a vein?
False - it is phlebitis
During an upper GI series, the radiologist observes the flow of the contrast medium directly by means of a(n):
fluoroscope
which type of radiation therapy allows deep penetration for deep tumors and is performed on an outpatient basis?
teletherapy
in preparation for a cholecystogram, the patient should: eat LOW fat meal evening before or HIGH fat meal in the morning ?
eat a low-fat meal the evening before the tes
which type of radiation therapy involves placing radioactive implants close to or into cancerous tissue
brachytherapy
hypertension is the foremost contributing factor to stroke and kidney damage?
True