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answers respectively.

What is a symptom? ANS - what the patient tells you



The heart is located: ANS - in the center of the chest slightly left of the breastbone



The right and left side of the heart are separated by the: ANS - septum



What is the term for rapid heart rate? ANS - tachycardia



What cause angina? ANS - heart pain due to lack of circulation to coronary arteries



Define hypertension ANS - abnormally high blood pressure



The surface on which you set up a sterile field should be: ANS - clean, dry, flat



Which can be used to set up a sterile field? ANS - the inside of of the sterile package



When wearing sterile gloves keep your hands: ANS - above your waist



When caring for a patient you should wash your hands for a minimum of: ANS - 20 seconds



The size of a normal heart is: ANS - about the size of your fist



The heart is classified as: ANS - a hollow organ

, What can happen when the heart beats too slow? ANS - the patient can suffer from syncope



If the patient is asymptomatic it means? ANS - the patient does not have physical signs that indicate a
specific disease exits



Sterile technique is free from what? ANS - all microbes and spores



What is the result if there is poor communication between the Healthcare Professional and the patient?
ANS - stress for all involved, poor or erroneous test results, irrational patient behavior



When you give any verbal instructions to a patient you should: ANS - follow up by giving written
instruction to the patient, speak to them in terms that can be understood, get an interpreter if
necessary



When the Healthcare Professional should have known what would have caused harm to the patient and
reacted unreasonably this constitutes: ANS - negligence



The suffix "-itis" means: ANS - inflammation



The suffix "-lysis" means: ANS - breakdown



How many pairs of ribs does one have? ANS - 12



CDC stand for: ANS - center for disease control



The prefix "a- or an-" means: ANS - without



Universal precautions/Standard precautions state: ANS - treat all specimens as though they are
infectious



A nosocomial infection is one that is spread: ANS - within the healthcare facility

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