patient care
The exam position needed for a rectal temperature or enema.
What is Sims or lateral.
The schedule of narcotics used to describe high potential for dependancy that does not allow for refills.
What is Schedule 2
The normal value for sodium.
What is 135-145?
The fourth intercostal space, left of sternum.
What is V2 placement
This ensures individual's health information remains confidential.
What is HIPPA?
The muscular site for vaccines in newborns.
The vastus lateralis.
Nitroglycerin for chest pain is given which route.
What is subligual.
The location of lab draw from a patient that is 18 months old.
What is the finger.
The artifact that is caused by muscle movement, such as shivering.
What is somatic tremor?
This agency creates regulations that employers must follow to keep employees safe while at work.
What is OSHA?
The CMA role in gathering a surgical consent from the patient.
What is witness.
An antitussive is given for which symptom?
What is cough.
The number of hours to reach the basal state of a patient.
WHat is 12 hours of fasting (NPO).
The pacemaker of the heart.
What is SA node.
This law provides the right to treatment regardless of the patient's ability to pay.
EMTALA
The # gauge needle for a subcutaneous injection.
What is 25 gauge?
An antiemetic is given for which symptom?
The normal range for potassium.
WHat is 3.5-5.0?
The wave that is produced from the depolarization of the atria.
What is the P wave?
A legal example of the MA administering the wrong amount of medication to a patient.
Misfeasance
The mantoux test is used to screen for this diagnosis.
WHat is Tuberculosis.
The antipyretic, Acetaminophen is given for which symptom?
What is fever.
The rapid strep test is performed by swabbing which body cavity?
What is the mouth (oropharynx)
The arrythmia that prompts the MA to call for help and get the diffibrilator, no pulse is detected due to no cardiac output.
What is Ventricular fibrillation?
A legal example of the MA taking initiaitve to perform the suturing of a patient, when it is in the practitioner's scope of practice.
What is malpractice?