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ARRT registry review covering Unit 1: Patient Care and Education

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Tort   -Private/Civil Injustice -Reparation can be sought -Is either intentional or unintentional -Intentional-false imprisonment, assault, and battery -Unintentional/Negligent-imaging wrong patient, patient injury resulting from fall, imaging wrong body par  
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Assault   to threaten harm -ex. radiographer threatens to repeat a difficult exam if the patient does not cooperate  
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Battery   the carrying out of the threat to cause harm -ex. performing exam on patient who refused, treating patient roughly, or performing exam on wrong patient  
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False Imprisonment   illegal restriction of an individual's freedom -ex. holding a patient against their will or using unauthorized restraints  
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Invasion of Privacy   radiographer who discloses confidential information to unauthorized individuals  
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Libel   Written Defamation Defamation - disclosure of patient information is in some way detrimental to the patient  
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Slander   Spoken defamation Defamation - disclosure of patient information is in some way detrimental to the patient  
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Negligence   Unintentional - Imaging wrong patient, patient injury from fall, imaging wrong body part  
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Respondeat Superior   Let the master answer - the employer can be held liable for wrongful acts of the employee  
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Res Ipsa Loquitur   The thing speaks for itself - If the patient is obviously injured as a result of the radiographer's actions, it becomes the radiographer's burden to disprove negligence  
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Airborne   TB, Varicella, Rubeola  
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Droplet   Rubella, Mumps, Influenza  
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Hypovolemic Shock   loss of large amounts of blood from either internal bleeding or hemorrhage associated with trauma  
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Septic Shock   classified as vasogenic shock, caused by decreased tissue perfusion and oxygen delivery as a result of severe infection and sepsis  
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Neurogenic Shock   associated with pooling of blood in the peripheral vessels, occurs in cases of trauma to the CNS, resulting in decreased arterial resistance and pooling of blood in peripheral vessels  
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Cardiogenic Shock   related to cardiac failure, as a result interference with heart function  
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Fomite   A contaminated object such as a food utensil, doorknob, or IV pole  
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Vehicle   Anything that transmits infectious microorganisms; ex. contaminated blood, water, food, and drugs  
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Vector   An insect of animal carrier of infectious organisms, such as a rabid animal, a mosquito that carries malaria, or a tick that carries Lyme disease  
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Cycle of Infection   1. Infectious organism / pathogen 2. Reservoir of infection and environment for pathogen to live and multiply 3. Portal of exit from the reservoir 4. Means of transmission 5. Susceptible host 6. Portal of entry into new host  
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Contact   Mumps, Influenza  
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May contain latex   Disposable gloves, tourniquets, stethoscopes, IV tubing, oral and nasal airways, enema tips, ET tubes, syringes, electrode pads, catheters, wound drains, injection ports  
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