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RADT465 Patient Care
Question | Answer |
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What is the ASRT document defining the role of a radiographer? | Practice Standards (Lange PREP pg. 5) |
Which organization is the professional body that certifies radiographers? | ARRT (Lange PREP pg. 8) |
Doing an exam on a patient without their permission can cause a technologist t be liable for what? | battery (Lange PREP pg. 6) |
What legislative body is in charge of protecting patient's privacy? | HIPAA (Lange PREP pg. 3) |
True/False: A designated proxy can make decisions on behalf of a patient when the patient lacks decision-making capacity. | True (Lange PREP pg. 5) |
When undressing a patient, clothing must be removed from the (uninjured/injured) side and then placed back on the (uninjured/injured) side first. | uninjured; injured (Lange PREP pg. 27) |
When the heart is contracting it is in the _____ phase, this is also when the blood pressure within the ventricles is at its highest. | systolic (Lange PREP pg. 25) |
A patient who presents with pale, cool and clammy skin is considered _____. | diaphoretic (Lange PREP pg. 24) |
A normal adults average rate of respiration is how many number of breaths per minute? | 10 to 20 breaths (Lange PREP pg. 25) |
To reduce back strain when transferring a patient you should push or pull the patient? | pull the patient (Lange PREP pg. 34) |
A pulse at the apex of the heart can only be detected with the use of a _______. | stethoscope (Lange PREP pg. 24) |
The single most effect means to control the spread of infectious microorganisms is to practice? | hand washing (Lange PREP pg.36) |
What practice retards the growth of microorganisms? | antisepsis (Lange PREP pg. 35) |
The removal all microorganisms and their spores refers to? | surgical asepsis (Lange PREP pg. 35) |
A vector, fomite and airborne are all means of transmission for? | microorganisms (Lange PREP pg. 38) |
If a patient states they are feeling as if the room is spinning, they are experiencing what? | vertigo (Lange PREP pg. 57) |
Air is an example of (positive/negative/double) contrast. | negative (Lange PREP pg. 66) |
True/False: The higher the gauge number of a needle, the smaller the diameter. | True (Lange PREP pg. 55) |
True/False: Parenteral administration of drugs can be given orally. | False (Lange PREP pg. 73) |
The most common site for venous injection of contrast is the _____. | antecubital (Lange PREP pg. 56) |