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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Describe CLIA tests and give examples | POC and POL tests with immidiate results ex. pregnancy, throat swabs, UTI, glucose, |
| Patients temperature range in fahrenheit | 97.6F - 99.6F |
| Normal temperature | 98.6F |
| Oral febrile temperature starts at | 100F |
| Rectal febrile temperature for infants and adults starts at | 100.4F and 101F |
| add one degree to which temperature | oral |
| subtract one degree from which temperature | rectal |
| tympanic febrile temperature starts at | 101F |
| Normal pulse rate | 60-100 bpm |
| Athlete heart rate may be approximately | 40 bpm |
| Bradycardia resting heart rate is consistently below | 60 bpm |
| Tachycardia resting heart rate is consistently above | 100 bpm |
| Normal respiration rate for adult | 12-20 |
| If respirations are less than or greater than normal rate may be due to illness or injury. Signs to check for | pale, ashen, cold, cyanotic skin |
| Normal blood pressure | 120/80 |
| Prehypertension systolic | 120-139 |
| hypertension stage 1 systolic | 140-159 |
| hypertension stage 2 systolic | 160+ |
| hypertensive crisis systolic | 180+ |
| hypotensive systolic | 90 and less |
| prehypertension diastolic | 80-89 |
| hypertension stage 1 diastolic | 90-99 |
| hypertension stage 2 diastolic | 100+ |
| hypertensive crisis diastolic | 110+ |
| hypotensive diastolic | 60 less |
| How many inches automatic bp cuff should be above brachial artery | 1 in |
| How many minutes to wait before reapplying blood pressure cuff | 1-2 minutes |
| How to count respirations | count for 30 sec and multiply by 2 or count for a total minute |
| Drinking, smoking, eating, and exercising can effect blood pressure up to how long before reading | 30 minutes |
| Insert rectal thermometer in infant up to how many inches | 1/2 inch |
| Toddlers how old gets pinna pulled up or down and back for tympanic temperature reading | 3 years and up |
| Adults ears should be pulled how for tympanic reading | back and up |
| Balance bar should be at what number before starting weight measurement procedure | zero |
| Balance bar is measured in how many increments | 50 lb increments |
| Height should be recorded to the nearest | 1/4 inch |
| Up to what age should you measure a child's head circumference | up to 3 years |
| Infants are measured how until they can stand | in length |
| When measuring head circumference you measure how? How should you round the measurement? | above ears until tape meets, round to 1/2 inch or 1mm |
| What is the equation to convert fahrenheit to celsius | F-32*5/9=C |
| What is the equation to convert celsius to fahrenheit | C*9/5+32=F |
| How many inches should you place the tourniquet above antecubital fossa for venipuncture | 3-4 |
| When are the two times you place the tourniquet on the Pt's arm for venipuncture | To palpate for a vein, and to inject needle for draw |
| how long should you leave the tourniquet on to palpate the vein | |
| Equation to use to convert lbs to kg | 1 lb = 0.45kg multiply weight times 0.45 to get kg |
| Equation to use to convert kg to lbs | weight kg* 2.2 After converting weight to kg, multiply weight in kg times 2.2 |
| Equation to Convert feet and inches to inches | Ft*12+inches multiply feet times 12 then add inches |
| Equation to convert in to cm | inches * 2.54 After converting height to inches, multiply height in inches by 2.54 |
| Equation to convert feet and inches to cm | ft*12+in*2.54 = cm some facilities may round up |
| Equation to convert cm to in | cm*0.39 After converting height to cm, multiply height in cm by 0.39 to get height in inches |
| Equation To further convert inches to ft and inches like a normal height reading | height in inches/ 12 = height in ft' and in'' |
| Equation to determine additional inches | multiply decimal * 12 then round |
| Intradermal injection degree | |
| Intramuscular injection degree | |
| Subcutaneous degree | |
| Routine venipuncture needle gauge | 21-23 |
| The larger gauges have smaller or larger numbers | smaller |
| Blood bank gauge size | |
| The deepest you can go in an infants heel | 2mm |
| Perform heel stick on infants how young | 12 months and younger |
| SPS tube inversion | 8-10 |
| Sodium citrate inversion | 3-4 |
| thixotropic gel or no additive inversion | 5 |
| Sodium heparin inversion | 8-10 |
| EDTA inversion | 8-10 |
| Sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate inversion | 8-10 |
| standard slide angle degree for feathered edge | 30-35 degrees |
| concentric circles are how wide | 2 - 2.5 in |
| Normal Hgb level for women | 12-16 g/dL |
| Normal Hgb level for men | 14 - 18 g/dL |
| Normal hematocrit level from women | 38 - 46 percent |
| Normal hematocrit level for men | 42 - 54 percent |
| Hemaglobin should be at least | 11g/dL |
| How many hours should a surgical procedure take place after an autologous blood donation | at least 72 |
| Highest percentage of blood to draw from infant | 10% |
| Drawing too much blood or 100mL of blood from an adult will cause a decrease in | hemoglobin and hematocrit levels |
| Equation to convert an infants weight from lbs to kg | multiply pounds by 2.2 = kg |
| Equation to convert blood volume in mL to L | divide mL by 1000 ex 282mL / 1000 = 0.28 L |
| Tubes for C&S tests can be stored for how many hours and in what type of temperature | |
| After how long are new borns tested | 24hrs |
| Fecal fat is stored for how many hours in what temperature | |
| How much urine is collected | |
| Release the dial on the bulb by approximately how many mm/second | 2mm/second |
| mono | one |
| olig | scanty |
| pari | all |
| poly | many |
| semi | part |
| eu | normal |
| infra | below, beneath |
| meta | change |
| supra | excessive, outside |
| super | excessive, more |
| ultra | excessive |
| de | not, down, |
| dia | across, through |
| epi | upon, above |
| para | along, beside |
| per | through |
| corp | body |
| nephr | kidney |
| ren | kidney |
| oid and ous | pertaining to |
| ia, ism, osis, y | condition or process |
| lysis | death or breakdown |
| plegia | paralysis |
| oma | tumor |
| rrhythmia | rhythm |
| systole | contraction of the heart |
| gram, graph | record |
| graphy | process of recording |
| meter | measure |
| metry | process of measuring |
| scope | instrument for measuring |
| scopy | process of viewing with an instrument |
| ectomy | removal |
| latric | treatment |
| pnea | breathing |
| plasty | repair |
| rrhaphy | suturing |
| stomy or ostomy | surgical creation of an opening |
| tripsy | crushing |
| tomy | incision |
| fast for how many hours | 8-12 hrs |
| What is a form letter | a letter with necessary info that may need to be filled in |
| Physicians can discuss pt's via email with who | other physicians |
| physicians signatures are needed on what type of letters | letters directed to medical community committee member |
| Define SOAP Describe sections | Subjective, objective, assessment, planning Pt says, clinical evidence, diagnosis of disease, treatment-management-therapy |
| Define POMR What are the four sections | Problem oriented medical records database, problem, treatment, progress |
| Name five steps in paper based filing | Conditioning, releasing, indexing/coding, sorting and filing |
| conditioning a file means to | remove staples etc. |
| release a document means to | making a mark such as a stamp or MA initials to show paper work is ready for filing |
| Define indexing and coding | organizing paperwork added to the file and checked for Pt's name and date on each form |
| Define sorting and filing | added to the medical record face up, with the top edge to the left and MOST RECENT DATA ON THE TOP |
| Describe wave scheduling | Pt's arrive at the hour, seen in an hour in order of arrival |
| Cluster/Block scheduling | Pt's seen with same problems |
| Describe ICD-9 | Diagnostic coding extremely specific |
| Describe CPT and the 5 categories | procedural terminology book: medical, surgical, radiology, laboratory, and anesthesiology |
| 6 sections in cpt book | evaluation and management, anesthesia, surgery, medicine, pathology and laboratory, and radiology |
| describe Global periods | include all services that are part of the procedure, the exam before surgery, the surgery, and uncomplicated follow up care during a specific time period |
| Hand washing lasts for how long | at least 30 seconds |
| CLSI says what about PPE in the lab | All PPE worn in the lab should only be worn in the lab |
| Chain of custody tests | drug or alcohol, DNA for paternity, sexual assault |
| In sexual assault cases the exam should take place within how many hours | 72 of assault |
| In medial insurance fraud, what do you report | Pt name, card #, MD name, healthcare setting, date $ approved by medicare/aid |
| Describe Class A fire | ordinary, require water to extinguish |
| Describe class B fire | flammable liquids, remove oxygen |
| Describe class C fire | electrical fire, extinguish fire in non conductive way |
| Describe class D fire | |
| Cleaning agents from alcohol victims besides iodine | benzalkonium chloride |
| cleaning agents | providone iodine, benzalkonium chloride, isopropyl alcohol, |