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100

This term means infected appendix

What is appendicitis

100

What is the brand name for eszopiclone?

What is Lunesta

100

A person who issues a legal suit against a medical professional is known as what?

What is the The plaintiff 

100

What anticoagulant is in a purple top vacutube?

What is (EDTA) 

100

ADHD stands for?

What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 

200

The term for a muscular tube from the back of the nose to the larynx is

What is the pharynx.

200

Which of the following provides the Medicare prescription drug benefit?

What is Medicare part D

200

The site of a blood draw should be cleaned with what?

What is an alcohol swab

200

A liver enzyme test should be collected in what color vacutainer tops?

What is Gold, tiger colored (red & grey) or light green tops.

200

B.I.D. stands for?

What is twice a day

300

The study of how blood flows through the circulation is

What is hemodynamics.

300

Which of the following is NOT a Schedule I narcotic?

what is Oxycontin

300

Which of these is an external barrier to good communication?

What is noise

300

The standard gauge for needles collecting venous blood is ?

What is 21 gauge

300

ETOH stends for?

What is alcohol

400

Mechanical pacemakers are used to treat

What is arrhythmias.

400

What is the generic drug suffix for a proton pump inhibitor?

What is Prazole

400

When only a small amount of blood is needed, a capillary puncture may be used. Which of these is the best site for this in a healthy adult?

What is the finger

400

The correct choice for collecting blood samples for Prothrombin time (PT) is what color?

What is light blue

400

HTN stands for?

What is Hypertension

500

The coronary blood vessels supply arterial blood to and take venous blood from the

What is the heart

500

This law defined two specific categories for medications: prescription and over-the-counter.

What is Durham-Humphrey Amendment 

500

Patients should be advised to undertake self-examination for breast lumps at what intervals?

What is monthly

500

The standard choice for collecting arterial blood gases (ABG) is what artery?

What is Radial artery

500

ICU stands for ?

What is Intensive Care Unit