Know Your Knobs
Healthcare Legalities
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Know Your Profession
100

The entire ultrasound image looks darker than you want. Which control would you adjust to increase the overall brightness?

What is Overall Gain

100

Administrative law that establishes employee health and safety standards. This agency ensures licensure and practice regulations.

what is Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

100

A sonographer spends most of an examination leaning toward the patient instead of bringing the patient closer. Which ergonomic principle is being violated?

What is maintaining correct posture 

100

What is a major way to annoy clinical sonographers?

What is Complaining, being overconfident, or constantly being on your phone.

200

You are scanning a structure, but there is too much unnecessary anatomy displayed below it. Which control could you adjust to remove some of that extra area?

What is depth
200

Improperly labeling images, not completing all required protocols images for an exam resulting in missed pathology, preforming the wrong exam on a patient are examples of what.

what is unintentional tort

200

Cubital tunnel syndrome can be diagnosed by tapping over the cubital tunnel creating a tingling sensation down the ulnar nerve and into the hand.

What is Tinel sign 

200

What’s the oldest imaging modality utilizing ionizing radiation?

What is Radiography

300

What does M mode stand for?

What is Motion
300

A sonographer takes a picture of an ultrasound screen showing a patient’s name and date of birth and posts it on social media. No diagnosis is mentioned. What violation has occurred

What is HIPAA violation

300

Switching back and forth between both your left and right hands while scanning will help prevent repetitive injuries.

what is ambidextrous scanning

300

What is the gold standard for bone/lung imaging?

What is CT, MRI and catheterization

400

The upper part of the image is appropriately bright, while the lower part is excessively dark. Which control would let you just make the deeper area brighter?

What is TGC

400

Preventing medical malpractice relates to patient exposure to medical ultrasound. The acronym for this is?

what is ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable)

400

Inflammation of the periosteum around insertion of the biceps tendon on the distal humerus.

epicondylitis/ tennis elbow

400

How many CME credits does the ARRT require every 2 years?

What is 24 credits