Admission, Discharge, & Transfer
The process at which a patient formally enters a facility.
Admission
Process of the patient walking, standing or moving after illness, surgery, or treatment.
Ambulation
Examples of injuries for first aid
choking, frostbite, heat exhaustion or heat stroke, stings or bites from insects or animals, anaphylantic reactions, burns cuts, nose bleeds, sprains or broken bones
Number CPR compression per minute
100-120 per minute
Professionals who assist or contribute to health science
Medical Assistant, Dental assistant, Basic Emergency Medical Technician, Phlebotomy Technician, Pharmacy Technician
Definition of Discharge
process that requires professional to ensure completion of medial records, send necessary charts/records to other facilities, verify patient ID, verify instructions to patients for at-home treatment.
Benefits of ambulation
helps maintain muscle tone, muscle strength, joint flexibility, stimulates respiratory, circulation of the gastrointestinal system.
Definition of Vital Signs
Clinical body measurements used to evaluate a patient's relative state of health.
Hands-Only CPR
Traditional CPR
Health professional who draws blood in a verity of of clinical settings.
Phlebotomy Technician
When a patient moves facilities or location is an example of?
Transfer
Exercises a patient does to relief pain, prevent joint stiffness, improve muscle strength.
Active Exercise
What do Vital signs include?
Body Temperature, Pulse Rate, Respiratory Rate, Blood Pressure
Action taken before beginning CPR
Call 911 (if two or more people are available), check to see if patient is unconscious, position patient on their back
Some administrative responsibilities of Medical Assistants
Billing, Insurance, Check-in
Requirements needed for Discharge
Patient is healthy, patient can recover fully at home or in a comfortable location.
Equipment used during positioning
Pillows, footboards, trochanter rolls and had rolls
Definition of Respiration Rate
Number of breaths per minute
Pinch nostril shut, tilt head back by lifting chin, give mouth to mouth
Clinical duties of Dental Assistants
Taking and developing X-rays, taking impressions, assisting dentists during treatment procedures, explain treatment and procedures to patients
Requirements for Transfer
verify availability at new location, communicate with facility about transfer, release records/charts to new facility.
Common Position Changes
Supine to sitting (lying on back to sitting)
Supine to lateral (lying on back to one side or the other)
Sitting to standing
Force exerted on the walls of blood vessels by the blood.
Blood Pressure
Definition of Automatic External Defibrillator
Requirements for Health Professionals
Be friendly and work to make patient feel comfortable, communicate effectively, display care, empathy, and compassion, be patient and respecful.