How you proceed when a vital sign reading is out of normal range.
What is:
1. note the abnormal results
2. recheck the vitals manually on opposite arm, after participant has been resting for at least an additional 15 minutes and compare to above
3. if continues to be out of range and/or symptomatic notify the study coordinator and the study physician for orders on how to proceed
4. If within normal limits take note and notify coordinator of both results
A pill or liquid that looks like the new treatment but does not have any treatment value from active ingredients.
What is placebo.
Football, hockey, and other high-contact athletes are more likely to experience this.
What is CTE.
GCRU
What is the General Clinical Research Unit
Also called dosing studies, Phase _____ clinical trials test the methods of administering the treatment and how often, as well as the safety of the treatment. These trials usually involve a small number of healthy participants.
What is 1
The normal range for blood pressure (systolic and diastolic)
What is 120-139 (systolic) 60-89 (diastolic).
Protocol
What is the written description of a clinical study, includes the study's objectives, design, and methods. It may also include relevant scientific background and statistical information.
This disorder is characterized by chronic hardening and tightening of the skin and connective tissues.
What is scleroderma.
PI
What is Principal Investigator
A clinical trial conducted according to a single protocol but at more than one site, and therefore carried out by more than one investigator is know as a ______ trial.
What is multicenter.
How to measure a person's respiration rate.
**BONUS: The normal range of breaths per minute?****
What is count how many times a person's shoulders rise in 15 seconds, then multiply by 4 (preferably, do it discretely so they don't get creeped out).
**What is 16-22**
A research study in which one or more human subjects are prospectively assigned to one or more interventions (which may include placebo or other control) to evaluate the effects of those interventions on health-related biomedical or behavioral outcomes.
What is a clinical trial.
This disorder of the central nervous system often affects movement, including tremors.
What is Parkinson's Disorder
CTE
What is the Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
This organization houses a committee of physicians, statisticians, researchers, community advocates, and others that ensures that a clinical trial is ethical and that the rights of study participants are protected.
What is the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
The factors that contribute to variation in heart rate.
What is whether the participant is active, an athlete, the disease process, or medication may increase or decrease heart rate.
When a point of view prevents impartial judgment on issues relating to the subject of that point of view. This can be controlled by blinding and randomization in clinical studies.
What is bias.
People with this disorder have blood cells that become misshapen and break down.
What is sickle cell anemia.
NIH
Whar is the National Insititute of Health
The written description of a clinical study is known as the ____
What is protocol.
Measures the amount of oxygen circulating in your body.
What is pulse oximeter.
The art of blood specimen collection.
What is phlebotomy
This disorder is named for the buildup of amyloid proteins in the heart, kidneys, liver, or other organs.
What is amyloidosis.
HIPAA
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
A drug, device or biologic must be ______ by a country's regulatory agency before it can be marketed.
What is approved