AMCA PTT Prep Guide
What is the specialty of medical rehabilitation concerned with? - correct answer-Restoration
(Restoring loco-motor function)
What is the major focus of the rehabilitation team? - correct answer-Rendering care
Professional negligence is also called? - correct answer-unreasonable care
Name the most important thing for assistive personnel to keep in mind during the daily
routine in medical settings. - correct answer-Confidentially
Which member of the rehabilitation team is responsible for the patients emotional needs? -
correct answer-Social Worker
What word pertains to any attack on a persons reputation? - correct answer-Defimation
Failing to meet a specific standard of care would be defined as: - correct answer-negligence
This allows medical personnel to render care, especially in an emergency situation without
fear of a malpractice suit. - correct answer-Good Samaritan Law
This must be obtained before any procedure or medication can be given to a patient. -
correct answer-Consent (Pt. consent or informed consent)
Anything that poses a risk to the human body or a living organism is called: - correct
answer-Biohazard
Treating all human blood as if it were infectious is known as: - correct answer-Standard
Precautions
True or false: OSHA standards require cleaning only when needed? - correct answer-False
True or false: Failing to meet a specific standard of care could be defined as a
malpractice/negligence. - correct answer-False
True or False: A HIPAA form, not a consent form, must be given before any procedure or
medication can be given to the patient. - correct answer-False
True or false: The principle message that you will give a patient if you avoid eye contact
while communicating with you is that you are in a hurry and not really listening to them. -
correct answer-True
Verbal facial expressions or body language, such as a nod of understanding are called: -
correct answer-Feedback
, You receive a phone call from a very angry patient. She is upset that she has not received a
call back from the doctor. How should you handle the call? - correct answer-Remain calm
and see if you can get the doctor to take the patient's call
When making entries into a patient's medical record, all entries should be: - correct
answer-Initialed by the person making the entry
Which of the following suffixes means "inflammation"? - correct answer--itis
Write the abbreviation for the word diagnosis. - correct answer-Dx
Write the meaning of the prefixes: Peri, Hypo, Endo, Antero. - correct answer-Peri-Around
Hypo-Below
Endo-Inside
Antero-Before
The suffix -gravida refers to what? - correct answer-Pregnant
The portion of the brain that coordinates skeletal muscle activity. - correct
answer-Cerebellum
Name the muscle that flexes the foot. - correct answer-gastrocenemis
The prefix per- means? - correct answer-around
Common fracture in children. - correct answer-greenstick
What is the most widely used filing system for medical practices? - correct
answer-abphebitical
In appointment scheduled, what does the matrix indicate? - correct answer-days not
available
A chronological file used as a reminder is called? - correct answer-tickler
Patients who want to talk about abnormal test results should speak with which personnel? -
correct answer-physician
What term indicates a patient is lying horizontally with the face and trunk upward? - correct
answer-supine
What type of motion is a straightening of a joint, not bending? - correct answer-extension
What directional term is indicative of something that is farthest away from the center? -
correct answer-distal
A prefix is located at the ________ of the word. - correct answer-beginning
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