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Flavin 21 LAB
Clinical LAB 21
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Always verify what with the pt before touching them. Hint- if they say none you would write or enter "NKDA" | allergies |
| DOS aka | The current date or date of service |
| What do you do with the fist drop of blood when you do a capillary stick? | Wipe it |
| When you administer an IM injection it is over what mucle? | Deltoid |
| What angle is an IM administered? | 90 degree |
| ID means: | Intradermal |
| What do you call the bubble a TB test causes? | wheal |
| The TB is administered at what angle? | 15 degree |
| Sub Q injection is administered at what angle? | 45 degree |
| The bevel should be ____ . | Facing up |
| You should do what between pts? | Wash your hands |
| After you obtain blood what do you need to do with the tubes that you filled with blood? | Invert |
| Inverting the tubes does what? | Mixes the additives with the blood. |
| What tube would you use if the Dr. ordered a CBC? | Purple top |
| If you are drawing a chemistry panel on a pt what tube would you use? | Serum Separator aka SST aka tiger top |
| The red top tube will give you what after spinning down? | Serum (transfer off RBCs to prevent hemolysis) aka used for medication levels. |
| The blue & white pads you use to protect the table from blood is aka? | Chucks or Chux |
| The bigger the number the __ the needle. | smaller |
| An 18G & 16G are used primary for: | STAT fluids or blood donation. (possible viscus solutions) |
| Viscus means: | Thick |
| Always verify your "Rights" prior to administering___. | Anything |
| The tourniquet should not stay on longer than a ___. | minute |
| How do you prevent bubbles from getting into the capillary tube when filling with blood? | Hold the furthest part of the tube upright. |
| If it is difficult to pull solution from a vial it could be from: | Lack of air exchange if the bottle is big and a multi dose vial. |
| If a pt had a mastectomy you should ___ obtain a BP on that side. | NOT |
| When charting allergies what color pen is used? | Red |
| Palpate means: | To touch/feel |
| Auscultate means: | listen |
| What 3 things are going to help you find a vein and successfully obtain blood: | Tight tourniquet, straight arm, tight fist. |
| When locating a vein should you feel a _____. | bounce |
| d | day or daily |
| npo | nothing by mouth |
| po | per oral or by mouth |
| tid | 3 times a day |
| PCN | penicillin |
| STAT means: | RIGHT NOW |
| VS | VITAL SIGNS |
| VA | visual acuity |
| OD | right eye |
| OS | left eye |
| OU | both eyes |
| AD | right ear |
| AS | left ear |
| AU | both ears |
| SOB | shortness of breath |
| What question would you ask female pts but not males? | LMP |
| f/u | follow up |
| LOV | last office visit |
| EKG | elctrocardiology |
| If a person does not have a fever they are: | afebrile |
| hematology is the ___. | study of blood |
| When you get to work the first thing you do is___ | clock in |
| What is the name of the person that obtains blood from you? | Phlebotomist |