Law and Ethics
This type of consent is conveyed through actions.
implied consent
These are the fundamental units of all living things.
What are cells?
-#1 way to prevent spread of microorganisms
handwashing
The suffix "itis" means this.
What is inflammation?
The most common location to read an adult's pulse is this artery.
What is the radial artery?
These laws encourage physicians to render emergency first aid, exist in all 50 states, protect physicians against liability for negligence in certain conditions deal with the treatment of accident victims
Good Samaritan laws
The abdominopelvic cavity consists of this many regions.
What is nine?
"Clean technique"
-To reduce the number, growth and spread of microbes
-Used in all client interactions
Medical Asepsis
The combining form "erthyro" means this.
What is red?
A respiration is defined as this.
What is one inhalation and one exhalation?
Diagnosing a patient or attempting to prescribe treatment is an example of a medical assisting operating outside of this.
What is scope of practice?
This is the hollow space in the thoracic cavity that contains the heart.
What is the mediastinum?
The use of PPE whenever you are in contact with blood, body fluids, non-intact skin (including rashes) and mucus membranes as prescribed by the CDC is called.
Standard Precautions
The prefix "hypo" means this.
What is decreased?
constant state of balance
Homeostasis
Res ipsa loquitar is a Latin phrase that refers to
something that is common knowledge
that speaks for itself
These are the three protective membranes lining the cranaial cavity.
What are meninges?
Name the parts of the chain of transmission in the correct order
-Infectious agent
-Reservoirs
-Portal of exit
-Means of transmission
-Portal of entry
-Susceptible host
The suffix "algia" means this.
What is pain?
The pressure that occurs in the walls of the arteries when the left ventricle of the heart is contracting and pushing blood into the arteries
What is systolic?
What are the 4 D's to prove negligence
Duty, Dereliction, Direct cause, Damages
This is the control center of a cell, containing its' genetic material.
What is the nucleus?
inanimate objects that when contaminated with infectious agents can transfer disease to a new host
fomite
The prefix "dys" means this.
What is bad, difficult or painful?
the difference between systolic and diastolic pressure
Pulse pressure