AT Seminar Material

Question 1

Cranial nerve I

Answer 1

• olfactory
• special sensory
• Function: olfaction
• Test: smell

Question 2

Cranial nerve II

Answer 2

• optic
• special sensory
• function: vision
• test: visual acuity (near & far), visual fields (periphery)
• test: pupillary reaction

Question 3

Cranial nerve III

Answer 3

• oculomotor
• motor & sensory
• function supr. div: motor to sup. Rectus & levator palpebrae superioris
• function inf. div: motor to medial & inf rectus & inf oblique
• function: parasympathetic innervationt o iris & lens
• test: eye tracking (ADD, elevation, depression, upward & outward, upwards & inward, downward & inward)

Question 4

Cranial nerve IV

Answer 4

• Trochlear
• motor & sensory
• function: motor fibers innervate the superior oblique muscle of eyeball
• test: eye tracking (downward & medial)

Question 5

Cranial nerve V

Answer 5

• trigeminal
• motor & sensory
• function 3 branches: opthalmic branch, maxillary branch & mandibular brnach. maxillary branch provide motor input to muscles of mastication
• test: muscles of mastication (bite down)
• test: blink reflex
• test: facial sensation (dull/sharp)

Question 6

malpractice

Answer 6

liability generating conduct associated with adverse outcome of patient treatment

Question 7

liability

Answer 7

negligent patient care, failure to obtain informed consent, intentional conduct, breach of contract, use/transfer of defective product, abnormally dangerous treatment

Question 8

torts

Answer 8

legal wrong, other than breach of contract for which a remedy will be provided, usually in the form of monetary damages

Question 9

breach of contract

Answer 9

unexcused failure to perform the services specifried in the contract, either formal or informal

Question 10

3 types of tort

Answer 10

intentional tort
negligent tort
strict liability tort

Question 11

negligence

Answer 11

type of tort in which an AT fails to act as a reasonably prudent AT would act under similar circumstance

Question 12

omission

Answer 12

failure to act when there was a legal duty toi do so

Question 13

commission

Answer 13

an action that violated a legal duty

Question 14

statutes of limitations

Answer 14

laws fix certain length of time beyond which legal action cannot be initiated

Question 15

assumption of risk

Answer 15

legal defense that attempts to claim that an injured plaintiff understood risk of an activity and freely chose to undertake activity regardless of haxards assocaited with it

Question 16

good samaritan immunity

Answer 16

statues intended to shield certain health care practitioners from certain types of legal liability when voluntarily come toe the aid of injured/ill individual under specific circumstances

Question 17

comparative negligence

Answer 17

legal doctrine intended to determine the degree to which plaintiff contributed to harm caused by defendant

Question 18

testimony

Answer 18

legally binding statements offered as evidence to facts in legal proceeding

Question 19

subpoena

Answer 19

legal authority used to compel a person to provide testimony