Solutions
What is a voluntary agreement or permission that a patient gives
a medical professional to allow that professional to touch,
examine, and/or perform treatment or a procedure on them?
a. Professional liability contract
b. Patient's right
c. Consent
d. Respondeat superior
c. Consent
Which of the following is a crime punishable by death or by
imprisonment?
a. Civil crime
b. Felony
c. Misdeameanor
d. Disparage
b. Felony
Laws are best described as:
a. Mandatory rules of society
b. Optional rules of society.
c. Rights to be protected.
d. Standards of conduct we should follow.
a. Mandatory rules of society
Which of the following would typically not warrant the signing
of an informed consent document?
,a. Abdominal sonogram
b. Breast biopsy
c. Drainage of a Baker cyst
d. Paracentesis
a. Abdominal sonogram
CHAPTER 11 MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
What is typically the first step for the sonographer in most
emergency situations in the hospital system?
a. Perform CPR.
b. Provide a private place for the patient.
c. Alert the emergency response team.
d. Call a code.
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Which of the following is also referred to as a mini-stroke?
a. Transient ischemic attack
b. Dysphasia
c. Heart attack
d. Vasovagal reaction
a. Transient ischemic attack
What type of shock results from the loss of blood or other body
fluids?
a. Neurogenic shock
b. Hypovolemic shock
c. Anaphylactic shock
d. Cardiogenic shock
, b. Hypovolemic shock
Which type of shock results in peripheral vasodilation due to
nervous system dysfunction?
a. Neurogenic shock
b. Hypovolemic shock
c. Anaphylactic shock
d. Cardiogenic shock
a. Neurogenic shock
What term describes bluish discoloration of the skin?
a. Pallor
b. Syncope
c. Hyperpnea
d. Cyanosis
d. Cyanosis
What type of occurrence can results form a patient's
apprehension about an invasive procedure?
a. Supine hypotensive syndrome
b. Bronchospasm
c. Vasovagal reaction
d. Cardiac tamponade
c. Vasovagal reaction
What stage of the shock continuum results in lactic acidosis?
a. Compensatory
b. Irreversible
c. Progressive
d. Immediate