What filing method is used when patient information is highly confidential? Correct Answer: Numerical
1:10 Correct Answer: What is the ratio of bleach and water to use as a disinfectant
The 4 D's of Negligence Corr
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What filing method is used when patient information is highly confidential? Correct Answer: Numerical
1:10 Correct Answer: What is the ratio of bleach and water to use as a disinfectant
The 4 D's of Negligence Correct Answer: Duty, Dereliction, Damages, Direct Cause
The average amount of blood in the human body Correct Answer: 5-6 liters
The number of QRS complexes between 6 sec. marks on the EKG paper is multiplied by 10. Used
generally for estimation slow or irregular rhythms. Correct Answer: 6 second method
The running speed of an EKG machine Correct Answer: 25mm/sec
Boiling water at what temperature is considered a form of disinfected Correct Answer: 212 F
ABO blood group system Correct Answer: a system used to classify human blood by antigens found on
the surface of red blood cells
Abrasion Correct Answer: Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive
absolute refractory period Correct Answer: Is the first phase of repolarization in which a myocardial cell
is unable to react to any electrical stimulus
AD Correct Answer: right ear
Adjustment Correct Answer: the amount the provider would have to write off
Adult pulse range Correct Answer: 60-100 beats/minute
Agents Correct Answer: Are infectious microorganisms that can be classified into groups namely:
viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites.
Airborne precautions Correct Answer: Methods of infection control that must be used for patients
known or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei.
Angina or angina pectoris Correct Answer: Acute Chest Pain
ante Correct Answer: before
antecubital fossa Correct Answer: interior depression of the elbow; blood pressure site and most
common site for drawing blood
Anuria Correct Answer: Little or no urine output
aortic valve Correct Answer: Located between left ventricle and aorta
Apnea Correct Answer: This is a temporary complete absence of breathing which may be a result of a
reduction in the stimuli to the respiratory centers of the brain
Arterial Blood Gas Studies (ABG's) Correct Answer: Are valuable tools in the treatment of critically ill
patients; used to monitor critically ill patients.
Artifact Correct Answer: an unwanted interference or jitter on the EKG recording. This makes the EKG
reading difficult or impossible, as well as can lead to a misdiagnosis.
AS Correct Answer: left ear
Asystole (cardiac Arrest, Standstill) Correct Answer: the absence of a heartbeat, total absence of
ventricular electrical activity.
Asystole Correct Answer: flat line, absence of a heartbeat
Atrial Depolarization Correct Answer: P wave
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