True or False: Penicillin was discovered by accident.
True
An Associate's degree is awarded after completion of:
The first two years of study, usually awarded by a community college.
What FORCEP has 1 tooth and 2 teeth and grasp muscle or skin?
Mouse Tooth
What does the FDA do?
Regulate food and drug products sold to the public.
What does an Allis clamp do and look like?
Grasp tissue; multiple teeth on both ends.
What is Florence Nightingale known for?
Inspiring new standards for sanition (Infection Conrol)
A medical specialist who treats diseases and disorders od children is a/an___.
Pediatrician
What does a bayonet forcep do?
Packing or removing objects from ear or nose.
Health maintenance organization (HMO) is best described as a network of providers that have agreed to recieve:
Lower rates for plan members, who must stay in the provider network for covered services.
Ochsner Clamps are used for what? And how do you know it's an Ochsner?
Thick tissue and heavy or dense blood vessels; can have 3 or 5 teeth.
The polio vaccine was discovered by:
Jonas Salk
Continuing education units
What is specific about a SPLINTER forcep, that makes you realize it is that immediately?
It has a sharp and fine tip
The federal amendment that establishes and regulates performances requirements (defines the responsibilities) in the POL is/are:
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amdenment of 1988 (CLIA)
How can you tell the difference between a Kelly and a Mosquito?
The grooves on the inside; In a Kelly they go half way down; Mosquito they go all the way down.
Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by ____.
Sir Alexander Fleming
A medical specialsit who treats diseases and disorders of the stomach and intestine is a/an:
Gastroenterologist
What forcep is this? And what is its purpose?
Thumb Forcep; Used to grasp tissue or sutures.
The insurance carrier is the:
Insurance company
What does a needle holder look like and do?
Is holds needles; Jaws are short and there is a slit in the middle.
The high standard of ethics developed by "The Father of Medicine" and is still used by physicians today is known as:
The Hippocratic Oath
A medical specialist who treats disease and disorders of the eye is a/an______.
What does a rat tooth forcep look like? And what does it do?
5 teeth overall, 2 teeth and 3 teeth; it grasps muscle or skin.
Establishes and promotes standards that protect workers from job related injuries and illnesses:
OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
What are sponge clamps used for?
They hold gauze in place during Sx (Surgical) procedures.