Abbreviations
30cc or 30ml
What is an ounce?
Slow pulse, heartbeat
What is bradycardia?
Single most important defense against disease
What is handwashing?
What is the integumentary system?
Long-term or lasting illness
What is chronic?
Personal Protective equipment
What is PPE?
Free from organisms
What is disinfected?
After each skill, this skill must be done
What is handwashing?
Consists of 206 bones
What is the musculoskeletal system?
Inflammation or swelling of joints
What is arthritis?
Activities of daily living
What is ADL's?
Low blood pressure
What is hypotension?
Scales must be balanced
What is weight?
Control and message center system
What is the nervous system?
Red, swollen and very painful joints with resulting deformities
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
No known drug allergy
What is NKDA?
High blood pressure
What is hypertension?
Locks wheels on wheelchair and assists client to sitting position with feet flat on the floor
What is transfer from bed to wheelchair?
Contracting (squeezing) phase of the heart
What is systole?
Disease that causes bones to become porous and brittle
What is osteoporosis?
Range of motion
What is ROM?
Rapid heartbeat
What is tachycardia?
Washes from front to back
What is pericare?
When the chambers fill with blood. Resting phase of the heart.
What is diastole?
Organs and systems that involve inspiration and expiration
What is respiratory?