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RADT465 Patient Care
Patient Care
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Assault | Verval threat |
| Battery | Physical unlawful touching w/o consent |
| Tort | intention or unintentional act that results in injury |
| Beneficence | to do good |
| Misfeasance | not performing a duty correctly |
| Malpractice | when a patient is injured due to error |
| Invasion of privacy | breaking confidentiality or exposing body improperly |
| Slander | defamation by spoken water |
| Libel | defamation by written word |
| Res ipsa loquitur | the thing speaks for itself |
| Respondeat superior | let the master answer, employer responsibility |
| Nonfeasance | not acting |
| Malfeasance | intentional conduct that is wrong or unlawful |
| Orthopedic Traction | uses weights for therapeutic reason (long bones and spine injuries) - don't move weights |
| Tracheotomy | surgical opening into the trachea, suction needed occasionally |
| Tracheostomy | opening in the airway with a tube in place, possibly on a vent |
| NG Tube | used for feeding or gastric secretions |
| Nasoentric tubes | aspiration of gas and fluid from intestinal tract after surgery |
| Closed Chest Drain | used to remove fluid or free air from the pleural cavity; lung collapse likely if disconnected abruptly |
| Swan Ganz catheter | situated on right side of heart for monitoring heart function and blood flow |
| Urinary Catheters | used for drainage or collection of urine; maybe be used to allow healing in surrounding tissues; can deliver medications or irrigate bladder |
| Cycle of Infection | 1.Pathogenic Organsim 2.Reservoir 3. Portal of Exit 4.Transmission 5.Portal of Entry 6.Susceptible Host |
| Fomites | inanimate object that has made contact with infectious organisms |
| Vectors | typically a bug |
| Vehicles | transmission of infectious agent that is indirect (fomite) |
| Nosocomial | hospital acquired infections |
| Most Common Veins for IV | Basilic, Cephalic, Median Cubital, Antecubital, Accessory Cephalic |
| Normal ranges for BUN, GFR, and Creatinine | BUN- 7-20 mg/dL GFR- 90-120 (must be >30) Creatinine -0 .6 - 1.3 |
| What do Positive contrast agents do? Example? | -highlights organs, increases attenuation - Barium or Iodine |
| What do negative contrast agents do? Example? | -decreases attenutaion - Air |
| Ionic contrast agents | disassociate to cation and anion, higher chance of allergic reaction |
| Nonionic contrast agents | does not disassociate, less chance of reaction, more expensive |
| Examples of Mild, Moderate, and Severe reactions to contrast agents | - Mild- mild hives, palm itching, nausea/vomiting, sneezing - Moderate - big rash, higher heart rate - call for med assistance - Severe - anaphylaxis, low BP, cardiac arrest, convulsions, -call code |
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