QUESTIONS & ANSWERS || HIGH-
YIELD CLINICAL MEDICAL ASSISTING REVIEW ||
PATIENT CARE, PHLEBOTOMY,
EKG, INFECTION CONTROL & EXAM PREP || COMPLETE
PRACTICE QUESTION BANK || PASS-READY STUDY
GUIDE || GRADED A+
STANDARD PRECAUTIONS AND TRANSMISSION-BASED
PRECAUTIONS ARE CONTROL MEASURES AIMED AT
PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF DISEASE AT WHAT POINT
IN THE CHAIN OF INFECTION - CORRECT ANSWER -
PORTAL OF EXIT
ORGANIzATION THAT ISSUED THE GUIDELINES KNOWN
AS STANDARD AND UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS -
CORRECT ANSWER - CDC
BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF AIRBORNE PRECAUTIONS
THIS IS NEEDED TO PREVENT TRANSMISSION - CORRECT
ANSWER - VENTILATION
VITAL SIGNS - CORRECT ANSWER - TEMPERATURE,
PULSE, RESPIRATION, BP
,WHAT BALANCES BODY TEMP? - CORRECT ANSWER -
HYPOTHALAMUS
ANOTHER NAME FOR EARDRUM - CORRECT ANSWER -
TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
FLUCTUATING FEVER THAT RETURNS TO BASELINE BUT
THEN RISES AGAIN - CORRECT ANSWER - INTERMITTENT
NORMAL PULSE RATE - CORRECT ANSWER - 60-100 BPM
WHERE APEX OF HEART IS LOCATED - CORRECT
ANSWER - 5TH INTERCOSTAL SPACE
WHAT IS BP CUFF INFLATED TO? - CORRECT ANSWER -
30-40 MMHG ABOVE THE PALPATORY SYSTOLIC
PRESSURE AND RELEASED TO DROP 2-3 MMHG PER
SECOND
HG IN BP MEASUREMENT STANDS FOR THIS - CORRECT
ANSWER - MERCURY
,BRANCH RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF
VARIOUS HAzARDS PRESENT IN THE
WORKPLACE AND THE CREATION OF RULES AND
REGULATIONS TO MINIMIzE EXPOSURE -
CORRECT ANSWER - OSHA
THIS IS REQUIRED BY CHEMICAL SAFETY REGULATIONS -
CORRECT ANSWER - LABEL ALL CHEMICALS WITH MSDS
MOST SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS ARE STERILIzED BY THIS
- CORRECT ANSWER -
STEAM STERILIzATION/AUTOCLAVE
DROPLETS CAN TRAVEL HOW FAR? - CORRECT ANSWER -
LESS THAN 3 FEET
STANDARD RUNNING SPEED OF THE EKG READING -
CORRECT ANSWER - 25MM/SEC
WHO INVENTED THE EKG? - CORRECT ANSWER -
EINTHOVEN
, PT HAVING MILD CHEST PAIN MIGHT BE PRESCRIBED
THIS - CORRECT ANSWER - NITROGLYCERIN
LIQUID PORTION OF BLOOD IS CALLED - CORRECT
ANSWER - PLASMA
THROMOBOCYTES ASSIST IN - CORRECT ANSWER -
CLOTTING
GOVERNMENT BASED HEALTH INSURANCE FOR PEOPLE
OVER 65 AND OTHERS WITH CERTAIN DISABILITIES -
CORRECT ANSWER - MEDICARE
CPR RATIO - CORRECT ANSWER - 30 COMPRESSIONS : 2
BREATHS
MEDICAL ASEPSIS - CORRECT ANSWER - THE
DESTRUCTION OF PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS AFTER
THEY LEAVE THE BODY THROUGH STANDARD
PRECAUTIONS AND TRANSMISSION BASED PRECAUTIONS