Medical
Assistant
Assistant
The best way to communicate with a client who is deaf, the nurse aide should
write down information for the client to read
Hemat/o means what in medical terms
Blood
What is the best way to talk to a resident with a visual impairment?
Announce your presence when entering the room
The thoracic cavity contains
heart
What are normal body temperature ranges?
97.6- 99.9 F
To whom should a medical assistant provide the negative pregnancy test results for a 15-year-old patient?
Patient's legal guardian
The average circulatory system contains about _____liters of blood.
5
At what time of day will a patient's body temperature be at its lowest?
Before eating
What directional term is best? The heart is ___ to the lungs
Medial
Midline splits the body into
equal left and right sections
A medical assistant is caring for a patient who has insulin shock caused by severe hypoglycemia. The assistant should identify that which of the following medications is used for this condition?
Glucose
Which of the following methods is used to administer medication through the skin
Topical
Which of the following should a medical assistant do while speaking with an adult patient
Use plain language and avoid medical jargon
Pertaining to the gallbladder
Cholecyst (o)
A victim with a foreign-body airway obstruction becomes unresponsive. What is your first course of action?
Start CPR, beginning with chest compressions
A medical assistant observes a hematoma developing at the site of a venous blood draw. Which of the following should the assistant do?
Continue with the blood draw and act quicker
Which on of these components of blood makes up 55%
Plasma
A person likely to get sick is called a
Susceptible host
Which of the following is the correct order of the chambers of the heart through in which blood flows?
Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle
What is the difference between child and infant compressions
compression depth
Which of the following reference guides should medical assistant use when finding the diagnosis code for an injury
ICD-10-CM
What is the role of blood in the human body?
Transport oxygen-rich nutrients, waste, and hormones
Your patient has a kidney condition. You should note and inspect for
edema
List the organs in the left or right iliac regions
Intestines, reproductive organs, and, on the right, the appendix
Kortokoff sounds are evaluated when
Determining blood pressure