Pulse Pounding Action!
What is the term for a pulse taken at the neck?
What is carotid?
What is the term for a rapid heart rate (above 100 BPM)?
What is tachycardia?
What abbreviation means "immediately?"
What is STAT?
Leaving a patent in soiled linens for a long period of time is an act of...
What is negligence?
What is the definition of the medical suffix "otomy?"
What is "cutting" or "making an incision?"
What is the term for a pulse taken at the groin?
What is femoral?
What is the term for a slow heartbeat?
What is bradycardia?
What is the abbreviation for "cannot have any food or water" or "nothing by mouth?"
What is NPO?
When does the release of a medical record become legal?
What is "with the patient's signature?"
In surgery, this suffix means "the creation of an artificial opening..."
What is "ostomy?"
What is the term for a pulse taken at the wrist?
What is radial?
The heart has four chambers. There are two of each chamber. What are the two names of these chambers?
What are atria and ventricles?
The surgical removal of the gallbladder is known by what term?
What is a cholecystectomy?
A health assistant turns a computer screen away from a family in the doctor's office. This behavior is most consistent with what medical policy?
What is HIPPA?
What is "ectomy?"
What is the term for a pulse taken behind the knee?
What is popliteal?
Which side of the heart has deoxygenated blood.
What is left?
A trauma victim with damage to an eye would be referred to what kind of medical specialist?
What is an ophthalmologist?
What term do courts use to describe the failure of a medical professional to act in accordance with prevailing medical standards?
What is malpractice?
This medical suffix means "in the blood."
What is "emia?"
What is the two-word term for a pulse taken at the foot?
What is dorsalis pedis?
What is the name of the largest artery in the body?
What is aorta?
The stomach is located in this body system...
What is the gastrointestinal system?
True or False: Posting a patient's medical diagnosis on social media is likely to cause the immediate dismissal of a health assistant?
What is True?
This medical suffix means "pain" or "ache."
What is "algia?"