History
Trephining refers to the act of ___________.
What is a Cut made into Skull to rid the person of an evil spirit, and to give the spirit a portal to leave?
_______many grams of dextrose are needed to prepare ml of 20% dextrose solution.
A. 10
B. 2025
C. 60
D. 100
What is D, 100?
Ratio and proportion: 20g/100ml=(x) g/500ml; x=100
Technicians should be familiar with reference books, enabling them to find information and have it ready for the
A. Pharmacist
B. Morticians
C. Nurse
D. All options are correct
What is A, Pharmacist.
Although techician cannot relay information to physicians or nurses they can find information and have it ready for the pharmacist.
Laudanum is ________________.
What is Alcohol and Opium mixture? Recipe:
16 ounces of Sherry Wine
2 ounces of opium
1 ounce saffron
1 ounce powder of cinnamon
1 ounce powder of cloves
Rolling the eyes or loudly sighing implies.
A. Interest
B. Stress
C. Impatience
D. You are awake
What is C, Impatience?
Rolling the eyes or loudly sighing shows impatience and a lack of respect for the customer or patient.
A shaman is a ___________.
What is, a Spiritual person in a tribe who cares for the spiritual, medicinal, and physical health of the tribe? Tribal Shamans (Or Medicine Man) were believed to have the gift of being able to communicate with spirits.
A pharmacy buys $2300 worth of inventory in the month of September. If the invoice is paid before Octover 10th, a 7.5% discount is applied to the total. How many dollars would the pharmacy save after the discount is applied.
A. $17.25
B. $172.50
C. $2127.50
D. $2282.75
What is B, $172.50?
7.5% of 2300 is 0.075 x 2300 , which equals a savings of $172.50
Today's techinicians are the first generation of pharmacy technicians who are considered to be.
A. Paraprofessionals
B. Addicts
C. Professionals
D. No options are correct
What is C, Professionals?
The suffix-prazole indicates the drug is classified as a _______.
A. Cephalosporin
B. Corticosteroid
C. Loop diuretic
D. Proton Pump Inhibitor
What is D, Proton Pump Inhibitor?
Proton pump inhibitors end in -prazole (these agents are primarily used to treat gastro esophageal reflux disorders).
An example of an open ended question?
A. Do yu have any medication allergies?
B. Are you covered by medical insurance?
C. Have you had any prscriptions filled here?
D. Where do you normally get your prescriptions filled?
Bonus: Give example of other open ended questions...
D. Where do you normally get your prescriptions filled?
The purpose of using maggots in medicine.
A. To increase blood flow
B. to clean wounds by removing dead tissue.
C. No longer have any purpose to the practice of medicine.
D. To reduce pain and swelling and increase fly population.
What is?
B. To clean wounds by removing dead tissue
Maggots are fly larvae that feed on dead tissue and are used in medicine to clean woulnds that are not responding to routine antibiotics.
A 60lb child is prescribed amoxicillin 20mg/kg at bedtime '10 days for otitis media prophylaxis. ____ milligrams should be administered per dose.
A. 545
B. 600
C. 1090
D. 1200
What is A, 545.
DA: mg/kg/ 1kg/2.2# 60#/1= 545mg per dose.
Apothecary can mean a(n)?
A. Pharmacist
B. Parmacy technician
C. Drug Store
D. Pharmacist and drug store
D. Pharmacist and drug store.
Apothecary is a Latin term for phamacist and also can mean a place where drugs are sold.
Substance contained in the first original 7-Up drink.
A. Caffiene
B. Cocaine
C. Lithium
D. Opium
What is C. Lithium?
The first 7-Up drink was made with lithium and was sold from soda fountains for conditions such as gout, uremia, and rheumatism.
The communication cycle consists of a sender, a receiver, a message, varous channels of communications, and the
A. Listener
B. Feedback
C. Cell phone
D. Communicator
What is B, Feedback?
The communication cycle involves two or more individual exchanging information. The cycle consists of a sender, a receiver, a message, various channels of communications, and the feedback.
Considered to be Father of Medicine and was responsible for being the first to record his patients medical illnesses.
Bonus: The Hippocratic Oath generally is....
Who is Hippocarates?
Bonus: An Oath to supply medical service to the community ethically with privacy and to try and save lives.
________Infusion rate in millimeters per hour if 500 mL is infused over 4 hours?
A. 62.5ML/hr
B. 100mL/hr
C. 125mL/hr
D. 200mL/hr
What is C, 125mL/hr?
500mL/4hr=125mL/hr
The following are exceptions to ther childproof cap requirement set into place by the Poson Prevention Packaging Act of 1970.
A. Emrgency medications such as sublingual nitroglycerin
B. hospitalized patients medications
C. Patient or Physician's request
D. All options are correct
What is, all options ar correct.
Exceptions to this act include physicians' requests for nonchildproof caps for their patients, certain legend medications, patients who are hospitalized, or at the specific request of the patient.
DEA is also know as ____________.
What is the Drug Enforcement Agency?
Words in the following sentence should be emphasized for proper communication with a patient. If you will wait a moment, I'll get the information you need, Dummy.
A. If
B. Wait
C. DUMMY
D. None should be emphasized
What is D, None should be emphasized?
The way in which a person emphasizes a word within a sentence makes a significant difference in how the meaning of the entire sentence is perceived.
Boxed Warning is also referred to as ___________.
What is Black Box Warning?
A boxed warning is encased in a bold border in the manufacter's insert. Health care professionals often refer to the boxed warning as a Black Box Warning. The label indicates the proper use of a drug to avoid or decrease the possibility of serious or life threatening side affects.
Solve proportion problem:
3/7=x/21
What is Cross -Multiply: 7x=3*21
7x=63
Divide both sides by 7 to get the number for X
x=9
Which of the following is (are) true of schedule C-1 drugs?
A. C-1 drugs have no acceptable medicnal use.
B. These medications include lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and heroin.
C. C-1 drugs are not stocked in pharmacies.
D. All options are correct.
What is, D All options are correct.
The strongest levels of abuse potential are schedule C-1 drugs. These drugs have been determined to have a high potential for abuse and to have no acceptable medicinal purpose; they are also deemed unsafe for use under medical supervision. Schedule C-1 include LSD and heroin. Because C-1 drugs do not have any medicinal use in the United States, pharmacies do not stock them and physicians cannot prescribe them for their patients.
1906 Pure Food and Drug Act was one of the first laws enacted to ___________.
What is stop the sale of inaccurately labeled drugs?
One of the best ways to handle a frustrated customer is:
A. Ask another technician for help
B. Listen intently
C. Ask the Customer to Pipe Down
D. All of the above
What is B, Listen intently?