patient care
usually last longer than 6 months, and requires ongoing medicine/ treatment
What is chronic disease?
Range of function
also known as clean technique
Medical asepsis
An antibacterial compound with substantial residual activity that is used as liquid antiseptic and disinfectant
chlorhexidine
Flat bone in the middle of the chest; breastbone
sternum
Has a sudden onset and for the most part short recovery time
The formal hierarchy within an organization \, a pathway of communication, responsibility.
What is Chain of command
Micro-organism capable of causing disease
pathogen
Thick mixure of water and ice
What is Ice slurry?
electrical impulses travel from ____
What is Sa node to the Av node
Body in a state of balance called
Homeostasis
result of contact with infectious agents
Biohazards
the passageway that the pathogen uses to exit the resevoir
Portal of exit
requires a fasting blood glucose level plus a blood glucose test exactly 2 hours after the patient started eating a meal
2 hour postprandial blood glucose level
functions as the primary or natural pacemaker of the heart.
Sa Node
surgically created opening from the intestines to the outside of the body and into an ostomy appliance.
Ostomy
a device used to measure an absorbed dose of ionizing radiation
dosimeter
the first step in ensuring that a piece of medical equipment is clean as possible
Sanitization
establishes guidelines for some tests that a patient care technician might perform in a patient's home and in medical facilities
What is CLIA
the time between each cardiac cycle and appears as a flat line
The baseline
A surgically created opening from the inside of the body to the surface of the skin
Stoma
hemi-
What is half
The process of destroying pathogens on a surface
what is disinfection?
maintains control of and accountability for each specimen from the time of collection to the time of disposle
produces a normal EKG tracing, but the heart rate is less than 60/min
Sinus bradycardia