Vital signs
The device used to listen to heart and lung sounds.
Stethoscope
This type of injection is given just under the skin into the adipose tissue at a 45-degree angle.
What is a subcutaneous injection?
This law ensures that patient health information is kept private
What is HIPAA?
The blood component responsible for clotting.
What are platelets?
This suffix means "inflammation."
What is "-itis"?
The most common artery used to read an adult's pulse.
What is the radial artery?
The most common site for an adult vaccine administered via an intramuscular injection.
What is the deltoid muscle?
The four components of the SOAP charting method.
What is Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan?
An adult human skeleton is composed of this many bones.
What is 206?
The abbreviation "EKG"
Electrocardiogram.
The most accurate method for taking a patient's temperature.
What is a rectal temperature?
The PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) needed when a patient is coughing with significant spray.
What are gloves, gown, goggles, and a face shield?
This agency sets standards for workplace safety.
What is OSHA?
This bone is commonly known as the collarbone.
What is the clavicle?
This root word stands for "blood," appearing in a lab test such as a hematocrit.
What is hemat/o
The top number in a blood pressure reading.
What is systolic pressure?
A test measuring the percentage of red blood cells in the blood.
What is a hematocrit?
The quality a medical assistant shows when prioritizing an unscheduled patient with chest pain over a scheduled one.
What is professional judgment?
Common sites for venipuncture
What is median cubital, cephalic, and basilic veins ?
The acronym used when a procedure needs to be done "immediately".
The correct angle of insertion for an intramuscular (IM) injection.
What is a 90-degree angle?
The term for when all microorganisms, including spores, have been eliminated from an instrument.
What is sterilization?
What is Protected Health Information (PHI)?
This act is a HIPAA violation and could occur if a medical assistant discusses a patient's condition in the waiting room where others can overhear.
This organ is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body.
What is the heart?
Prescription, usually for medication but can also signify another treatment.
What is RX?