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100

Before taking an oral temp what do we need to ensure?

  • Make sure that the patient did not eat or drink anything hot or cold and or hasn’t smoked in the last 15 min.
100
  • How would you correct a wandering base line when performing an ekg
  • Check or loose electrodes
100
  • If a towel is saturated in blood where would you dispose of it?
  • Biohazard
100

what mobility aid would you teach the patient how to use when they are diagnosed with a tib-fib fracture? 

Crutches

100
  • How do you document the patient’s chief complaint?

in the patients own words


200
  • Name all 4 vital signs
  • Blood pressure
  • Temperature
  • Pulse
  • Respirations
200
  • Where would you put the electrode on a patient that has had a mastectomy on her left breast.
  • Put the electrode as close to the original site without touch any scars.
200
  • What vaccine must be offered to a new hire medical assistant within 10 days of start date?

Hepatitis B vaccine

200

What instrument is used to examine a patient’s ear?

otoscope

200
  • What is the vision chart called when measuring long distance vision 20 feet away?

Snellen 

300

What are the 3 characteristics of pulse

  • Rhythm
  • Volume
  • Rate
300
  • What are the 2 things you do before performing an ECG on an infant
  • Use smaller electrode
  • Increase the paper speed
300
  • In what order do you take off your PPE?
  • Gloves
  • Gown
  • Shoe covers
  • Mask
300
  1. Do not reach over a ?

Sterile field

300

A noninvasive testing method for a person’s oxygen saturation is done using a technique known as _____.

Pulse oximetry 

400
  • What is the top number in the blood pressure indicate
  • Systolic number
400
  • Atrial depolarization is represented by?
  • P wave
400
  • Treating all fluids as if they are infectious regardless if they are truly infected or not is called?
  • Universal precautions
400
  • When you are assisting a patient with their new arm sling what angle should their arm be in while using the sling?

90 degrees

400
  • Where is the spleen located?

On the left side of the patient abdomen under the diaphragm 

500
  • What is it called when we take a pulse by listening to the heart with out stethoscope? (Hint: usually done on pediatric patients)
  • Apical pulse
500
  • Cardiac cells in resting, negatively charged state are known as
  • Polarization
500
  • When opening the autoclave you notice that the instruments are damp still. What is the best thing for you to do?
  • Leave them in the autoclave to air dry
500
  • True or false: you should take advantage of any assistance that the patient can provide when moving the patient to the bed from the wheelchair.

true

500

When instilling eye medication in the form of an ointment, the MA should place gentle traction on the skin slightly below the lower eyelid and place the ointment _____.

in the conjunctival sac