-gram, graph
-meter
-scope - ANS ✔record
measure
viewing
-ia, -ism, -osis, -y - ANS ✔condition or process
-itis - ANS ✔inflammation
-lysis - ANS ✔death or breakdown
-orna - ANS ✔tumor
-pathy - ANS ✔disease
-plegia - ANS ✔paralysis
-rrhythmia - ANS ✔rhythm
-systole - ANS ✔contraction of the heart
1 second - ANS ✔5 large squares
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1500 method - ANS ✔number of small boxes between QRS complexes
24 hour specimen - ANS ✔discard first specimen
then collect for 24 hours
6 second rule - ANS ✔count the number of QRS complexes in six seconds
(30 boxes)
a 22 yr old caner patient refused chemo. what is an appropriate
statement - ANS ✔will you explain to me what concerns you about this
treatment
a patient has been diagnosed with COPD her skin is cold to the touch
which would be expected to be out of range - ANS ✔respiration
A patient measures 5ft 8in which is her height in cm - ANS ✔173
(5 x 12 + 8 x 2.54)
a patients blood panel results have been sent to a medical facility. If
the medical record is organized by section how should the new results
be placed - ANS ✔above the previous blood test results
A physicians signature is required on - ANS ✔to a medical community
committee member
a police officer opens a rape kit and hands it to the MA and 2 doctors -
ANS ✔ALL INITIALS AND TIME OF EVERY PERSON
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a visiting physician enters a medical facility to meet with the other
doctor attending a patient - ANS ✔inform the doctor there is a visiting
physician
ABG - ANS ✔arterial blood gas
blood clot to heart
ACD - ANS ✔yellow, DNA testing, little impact on cells
acromial process - ANS ✔outermost point of the spine of the shoulder
blade
adult needle length - ANS ✔3 inches long .5 wide
pediatric is half as big
advance booking - ANS ✔months in advance
alC assay - ANS ✔long period of time to monitor sugar level should be less
than 6
allopecia - ANS ✔balldness
amenorrhea - ANS ✔lack of period
angina pectoris - ANS ✔pain in chest
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