Law and Ethics
Law that encourages people to act in an emergency without fear of being sued
Good Samaritan Law
The point where 2 bones connect
Joint
The first thing you do when there is a fire emergency in a health care facility
Rescue: Move pt to safe area
7:00pm in military time
1900
Plane that divides body into left and right sections
Sagittal (midsagittal)
Government health plan provides for citizens that are over age 65
Medicare
The basic unit of life in an organism
Cell
These precautions are used on every patient when you anticipate any contact with blood or body fluids
Standard (or Universal) Precautions
The 3 components of the communication process
Sender, message, receiver
The transfer of nutrients from the digestive tract into circulation for the body to use
Absorption
The type of consent a patient grants after being told the risks and benefits of a procedure
Informed Consent
Organ that produces insulin and glucagon
Pancreas
Examples of this type of infection are MRSA and VRE
Multi- drug (antibiotic) resistant infection
The first step in the problem solving method
Identify the problem
Sudden interruption of sufficient blood flow to the heart due to a clot or narrowing of artery
Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)
Federal agency that sets and enforces safety standards in the workplace
OSHA
Pain that occurs constantly over a long period of time
Chronic
Medical Asepsis is to Clean Technique as Surgical Asepsis is to ____________ Technique
Sterile
Restating what a speaker says using your own words
Paraphrasing
The term used for wasting away of muscle tissue
Atrophy
A patient's right to self- determination
Autonomy
The part of the nervous system that controls the fight-or-flight response
Parasympathetic
An infection that occurs as a result of being treated in a health care facility
Nosocomial
The ability to influence others while working towards a common goal
Leadership
Examination of a patient's body post mortem
Autopsy