MA103 Final Review
quizzes with 100% Correct Verified Solutions
A medical assistant working in the patient navigator role does all of these EXCEPT ________. -
✔✔Providing patient education that has been approved by the physician
A combining vowel is sometimes added when joining a word root with a suffix or another root. -
✔✔True
Hospital emergency departments are usually open ________. - ✔✔24 hours a day, seven
days a week
A directional term that means the front side of the body is ________. - ✔✔Anterior
The medical assistant provides effective health maintenance coaching by doing all of these,
EXCEPT ________. - ✔✔recording the patient's data and achievements using a free app
Medical assistants will likely encounter the greatest number of emergency situations ________.
- ✔✔On the telephone
Hyperglycemia is also known as high blood sugar and can result in an altered level of
consciousness. - ✔✔True
An example of teaching activities and techniques that call for participation and will achieve
more and faster learning is ________. - ✔✔demonstrating use of a glucometer
Patients with ________ burns should have the area irrigated with large amounts of water. -
✔✔Chemical
, Medical terminology is derived mostly from Latin and Greek words. - ✔✔True
If heat stroke is suspected, the medical assistant should do which of the following after
providing initial first aid to a person with hyperthermia? - ✔✔Contact EMS to transport the
patient to an emergency facility.
________ is an extreme fatigue caused by heat and occurs as the result of sodium and water
depletion from the body. - ✔✔Heat exhaustion
To assist someone who is choking, stand behind the patient and put your arms around his or
her abdomen, between the xiphoid process and the ________. - ✔✔Navel
Refusing blood products and fasting are examples of ________ that can impact the patient's
health care. - ✔✔religious beliefs
A new learning situation may create ________ in patients, especially older adults. -
✔✔Anxiety
Which of the following would be appropriate first aid for a patient having a seizure? -
✔✔Paying attention to what the patient experiences and being able to describe it later
A combining vowel is most often the letter "a." - ✔✔False
Ice should be applied for ________ as part of the treatment for fractures. - ✔✔20 Minutes
A suffix that means inflammation is ________. - ✔✔itis
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