preop routine test review
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| the term used to indicate a heart rate consistently above the normal is ___? | tachycardia
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| blood pressure at it's lowest when the heart is relaxed is ___? | diastolic pressure
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| the beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries is the ___? | pulse
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| the medical term for fever is ___? | febrile
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| the process of breathing, inspiration and expiration of air using the abdominal muscles is ___? | respiration
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| the difference between the diastolic and systolic pressures is known as ___? | pulse pressure
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| a fever that alternately rises and drops but has no intervals of normal is ___? | remittant
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| the force the blood exerts against the arterial walls as the heart beats is the ___? | blood pressure
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| an irregular rhythem of the pulse is ___? | arrhythmia
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| a record of the electrical activity of the heart is ___? | electrocardiogram
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| the difference between the radial pulse and the apical pulse is the ___? | pulse deficit
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| a patient with an abnormally slow heart rate is experiencing ___? | bradycardia
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| a fever occilates between elevated and normal or sub-normal is ___? | intermittent
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| a temperature below normal body temperature is ___? | hypothermia
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| what type of pulse is commonly associated with fevers? | accelerated
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| pulse is the throbbing of regular contraction and expansion of the ___? | arteries
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| is 98.6 degrees normal, high, or low oral body temp? | normal
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| the diagnostic term for high blood pressure is ___? | hypertension
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| what varies with sex, age, and altitude? | blood pressure
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| 120/80 is the average blood pressure for adults or for children? | adults
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| the soft blowing and rasping sound heard during systole, diastole, or both is a ___? | murmur
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| rate, rhythem, and quality are all criteria used when assessing pulse and ___? | respiration
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| the alternating cycles of hypernea and apnea is called ___? | cheyne-stokes
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| an increased amount of CO2 and decreased amount of O2 is ___? | asphyxia
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| a decreased amount of O2 reaching cells is ___? | hypoxia
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| the lack of or absence of O2 is ___? | anoxia
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| painful, difficult, and labored breathing is ___? | dyspnea
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| ordinary, quiet, respiration, made without visible effort is ___? | eupnea
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| any tissue, fluid, or foreign body removed from a patient is a ___? | specimen
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| an aqueous solution of 37% formaldehyde with methanol added and used as a preservative on specimens is ___? | formalin
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| blood, implants, and stones are all ___? | specimens
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| the designated room or area where patients wait before going to the OR is the ___? | pre-operative holding area
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| patients entering the hospital the morning of surgery are called ___? | AM admissions
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| who assists patients and their families with information and other needs in coping with the surgical experience? | patient advocate
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| surgical care performed without overnight hospitalization is ___? | ambulatory
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| to protect the patient, the staff, and the hospital are all purposes of the ___? | operative consent form
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| to minimize the potential risk of surgery, and to emotionally and physically prepare patients for surgery are the purposes of what? | preoperative routine
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| jewelry and prosthetic devices are always ___. | removed
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| hairpins are removed to prevent scalp burns and ___. | injury
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| what is generally used to transport patients under age 5? | crib
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| what may be used to transport a patient who will be receiving local anesthesia or none at all? | wheelchair
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| when transporting the patient, the stretcher should be pushed from which end? | head
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| who has the ultimate responsibility for the signed consent? | surgeon
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| the care of specimens is regulated by ___? | Joint Committee of Hospital Accreditation
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| when caring for a specimen, never place it on a ___? | counted sponge
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