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The organization that offers professional certification for radiographers.
Who is ARRT?
The material commonly used for shielding against exposure in protective aprons and gloves is...
What is lead?
The usual vital sign measurements include these.
What are temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure?
The most effective method for achieving medical asepsis.
What is frequent hand washing?
The science dealing with the nature, effects, uses, and origin of drugs.
What is pharmacology?
Student learning that occurs in a classroom or on-line setting is referred to as this type of learning.
What is didactic?
Clearly understanding your emotions when handling patients and their families is referred to as...
What is emotional intelligence?
The peak blood pressure reading, when measuring blood pressure is termed this.
What is systolic pressure?
The term used for the method of transmission where pathogens spread when a person coughs or sneezes.”
What is droplet transmission?
Reaction to a drug that results in respiratory or circulatory collapse.
What is anaphylaxis?
A document that guides a hospital as to its purpose and role in the community it serves is called...
What is the mission statement?
This type of patients is someone who has been admitted to the hospital for diagnostic studies or treatement.
What is an inpatient?
The term for heart rates above 100 beats/min in an adult.
What is tachycardia?
An infection acquired in a hospital.
What is nosocomial infection?
The medical abbreviation stat means this.
What is immediately?
Of all of the energy traveling through the x-ray tube during a radiographic exposure, the largest percentage of this electrical energy is converted to this.
What is thermal energy (heat).
A sudden drop in a patient's blood pressure caused by standing or sitting upright is called...
What is orthostatic hypotension?
Streptococci and bacilli are classified as this type of microorganism.
What is bacteria?
A common name for an emergency cart within medical imaging.
What is crash cart?
If the threat of bodily harm were to occur to a patient as a result of reckless conduct by the health care provider, this would be deemed...
What is assault?
The x-ray tube has a positive and negative side to its operation, what are the correct names for these sides?
What is anode and cathode.
This is the technique of wrapping an infant patient in a sheet.
What is mummification?
The term for any microorganism that causes disease.
What is pathogenic?
The medical term for a temporary suspension of consciousness.
What is syncope?
A claim that someone has ben wronged or sustained injury is called...
What is a tort?