CCMA Certification study guide|160 Questions and A
CCMA Certification study guide|160 Questions and A
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CCMA Certification study guide|160 Questions and
Answers|( NHA certification study guide for CCMA
certification exam.)
Chief complaint CC - -The reason a patient called for help. Also, the patient's
response to questions such as "What's wrong?" or "What happened?"
-History of present illness HPI - -Explains the chief complaint. A
chronological description of the development of the patient's present illness
from the first sign or symptom or from the previous encounter to the
present.
-Vital Signs - -Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood pressure are all
___________ ___________.
-Normal oral temperature - -97.6F - 99.6F
-intermittent fever - -Fever that alternates between elevated and normal or
subnormal body temperatures.
-Remittent fever - -fever in which temperature fluctuates greatly but never
falls to the normal level.
-Continuous fever - -A fever that remains constant above the baseline, does
not fluctuate.
-60-100 BPM - -Normal pulse rate
-Respirations - -Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into account when
measuring what?
-Systole - -contraction of the heart
-Diastole - -relaxation of the heart
-Anthropometric measurements - -Measurement of height, (length rather
than height is used in infants because they cannot stand.), weight, BMI, head
circumference in infants, waist to hip, % of body fat.
-Inspection - -General appearance, state of nutrition, body habits,
symmetry, pasture and gait, speech.
-palpation - -to examine by touch
, -Percussion - -physical examination method of tapping over the body to
elicit vibrations and sounds to estimate the size, border, or fluid content of a
cavity such as the chest.
-Ausculation - -the act of listening to sounds arising within organs (as the
lungs or heart) as an aid to diagnosis and treatment.
-OSHA - -a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a
safe and healthy work environment
-cardiopulmonary resuscitation - -an emergency procedure for life support
consisting of artificial respiration and manual external cardiac compression
-SHOCK - -This is caused by inadequate blood flow to the heart and in turn
to the rest of the body.
-Symptoms of shock - -Pale, cold, clammy skin
rapid, weak pulse
increased shallow breathing
expressionless face or staring eyes are all ____________ ___ _________.
-First aid for Shock - -maintain open airway for the victim, call for
assistance, keep victim lying down w/ head lower than rest of body; attempt
to control bleeding or other cause of shock if known; keep victim warm until
help arrives
-Portal of exit - -Method in which a infectious agent leaves the reservoir. Ex:
contact with body fluids such as blood or saliva.
-mode of transmission - -contact, droplet, air, vehicles, or vectorborne
-Portal of entry - -A pathway by which the causative agent enters the host.
The area in which a microorganism enters the body. They may be cuts,
lesions, injection sites, or natural body orifices.
-Susceptible host - -An individual who has little resistance to an infectious
agent.
-Disinfection - -Process used to destroy microorganisms; destroys all
pathogenic organisms except spores, can only be used on inanimate objects.
Will not be used for invasive procedures, and will not be inserted into body
orifices nor be used in sterile procedure.
-Chemical sterilization - -Uses the same chemical used for disinfection, but
exposure time is longer.
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