AMCA Exam Test Practice
A physician is not required to report: - Stroke
A crime punishable by a fine or imprisonment for less than a year is - Misdemeanor
Professional negligence is also called - Malpractice
What should an assistive person keep in mind during their daily routine in medicine -
Confidentiality
When is it permissible to release information about a patient record - When the court
requests it by means of a subpoena
Under what circumstance is it permissible to release information from a patient's records -
When patient signs a consent form
Potential infectious body fluid doesn't include - Sweat
Cleaning technique is another name for - Medical asespsis
Instruments that penetrate a patient's skin should be - Sterile
Instruments that come in contact with only a patient's mucous membrane should be -
Disinfected
Instruments that touch only the healthy intact skin should be - Sanitized
Anything that posseses a risk to the human body or a living organism is called a - Biohazard
OSHA standard requires - A written schedule for cleaning
Treating all human blood as if it were infectious is called - Universal precautions
Standard precautions are - Used mainly in hospitals
What liquid is used in an autoclave to sterilize instruments - Distilled water
Six C's - Client words
What suture is the largest - 0-0
The position in which the patient is lying flat on their back is known as - Supine
, What position is used for prrineal and vaginal area examination - Lithotomy
What position requires the examination table to be raised in the middle both ends pointing
down - Proctological
Surgical procedures that require less than one day to perform with no over night stay is -
Outpatient surgery
What wouldn't be the MA's responsibility in the physical preparing of the patient -
Obtaining and prescribing medication that are not expired
In what position is used to examine the rectum, where the patient lies on the left side with
the left leg sightly flexed - Sims'
What thermometer is considered the most accurate indicator of the body temp. - Rectal
The artery most common used for taking pulse - Radial
A patient's temp. was 96.9¤f, what is the temp. in ¤c - 36.1¤c
What is not a vital sign - Weight
What term means "difficulty breathing" - Dyspnea
When taking rectal temp. how long should the thermometer be left in the rectum - 5 min
The absence of respiration for periods lasting 15 < - Apnea
What area of the body is the popliteal pulse taken - Knee
What is included in a patient's vital signs - Respiration
What temperature is considered fatal - 103.8¤f
What route is involved in administering a drug by placing it under the patient's tongue and
leaving it there until it dissolves? - Sublingual
What part of a prescription includes, patient name address date and the Rx symbol -
Superscription
Sedative - Barbituate
Codeine is an example of what kind of drug - Narcotic analgesic
What is the most common route for administering parenteral medication (going into GI
tract, non digestive system) - Injection
A physician is not required to report: - Stroke
A crime punishable by a fine or imprisonment for less than a year is - Misdemeanor
Professional negligence is also called - Malpractice
What should an assistive person keep in mind during their daily routine in medicine -
Confidentiality
When is it permissible to release information about a patient record - When the court
requests it by means of a subpoena
Under what circumstance is it permissible to release information from a patient's records -
When patient signs a consent form
Potential infectious body fluid doesn't include - Sweat
Cleaning technique is another name for - Medical asespsis
Instruments that penetrate a patient's skin should be - Sterile
Instruments that come in contact with only a patient's mucous membrane should be -
Disinfected
Instruments that touch only the healthy intact skin should be - Sanitized
Anything that posseses a risk to the human body or a living organism is called a - Biohazard
OSHA standard requires - A written schedule for cleaning
Treating all human blood as if it were infectious is called - Universal precautions
Standard precautions are - Used mainly in hospitals
What liquid is used in an autoclave to sterilize instruments - Distilled water
Six C's - Client words
What suture is the largest - 0-0
The position in which the patient is lying flat on their back is known as - Supine
, What position is used for prrineal and vaginal area examination - Lithotomy
What position requires the examination table to be raised in the middle both ends pointing
down - Proctological
Surgical procedures that require less than one day to perform with no over night stay is -
Outpatient surgery
What wouldn't be the MA's responsibility in the physical preparing of the patient -
Obtaining and prescribing medication that are not expired
In what position is used to examine the rectum, where the patient lies on the left side with
the left leg sightly flexed - Sims'
What thermometer is considered the most accurate indicator of the body temp. - Rectal
The artery most common used for taking pulse - Radial
A patient's temp. was 96.9¤f, what is the temp. in ¤c - 36.1¤c
What is not a vital sign - Weight
What term means "difficulty breathing" - Dyspnea
When taking rectal temp. how long should the thermometer be left in the rectum - 5 min
The absence of respiration for periods lasting 15 < - Apnea
What area of the body is the popliteal pulse taken - Knee
What is included in a patient's vital signs - Respiration
What temperature is considered fatal - 103.8¤f
What route is involved in administering a drug by placing it under the patient's tongue and
leaving it there until it dissolves? - Sublingual
What part of a prescription includes, patient name address date and the Rx symbol -
Superscription
Sedative - Barbituate
Codeine is an example of what kind of drug - Narcotic analgesic
What is the most common route for administering parenteral medication (going into GI
tract, non digestive system) - Injection
