Chapter 1

Question 1

Legislation that provides data privacy and security provisions for medical information

Answer 1

HIPAA

Question 2

Any information about the health status use of health care services and payment for health services that is personally identifiable and can be linked to an individual

Answer 2

Protected Health Information

Question 3

Portable battery operated device that continuously monitors heart activity 24 hours or longer

Answer 3

Holter Monitor

Question 4

Form of outpatient cardiac testing that involves the patient triggering the machine to record when cardiac symptoms occur

Answer 4

Even Recorder

Question 5

Practice designed to reduce the number and transfer of pathogens as well as break the chain of infection

Answer 5

Medical Asepsis

Question 6

The basic level of infection-control practices health care workers must perform before during and after every encounter with patients to prevent the spread of infection

Answer 6

Standard Precautions

Question 7

Infection acquired via health care workers or within the health care setting

Answer 7

Healthcare Associated Infection

Question 8

Protective clothing and equipment to protect a worker from exposure to chemicals or infectious material

Answer 8

PPE

Question 9

Instrument that provides a graphic representation of the electrical activity of the heart

Answer 9

EKG

Question 10

Wires that conduct electrical impulses from electrodes to an EKG machine

Answer 10

Leads

Question 11

Documentation provided by manufacturers of potentially harmful substances that lists chemical components associated hazards and treatment in case of exposure

Answer 11

Safety Data Sheets

Question 12

Use of strategies incorporated through verbal and nonverbal techniques to ensure a message is received interpreted and understood correctly

Answer 12

Therapeutic Communication

Question 13

Steps of Therapeutic Communication

Answer 13

Sender develops the message
Message encoded into transmittable format
Message Transmitted
Receiver decodes the message
Receiver converts message into understanding
feedback

Question 14

An electrically neutral area on the EKG also referred to as the as the isoelectric line or TP segment

Answer 14

Baseline

Question 15

Equipment for measuring blood pressure that typically appears as a dial with numbers a bulb and blood pressure cuff

Answer 15

Sphygmomomanometer

Question 16

Listening to body sounds using a stethoscope

Answer 16

Ausculation

Question 17

Top number on blood pressure reading

Answer 17

Systolic Pressure

Question 18

Bottom number on blood pressure reading

Answer 18

Diastolic Pressure

Question 19

Using hands to examine the body

Answer 19

Palpation

Question 20

Test designed to provoke ischemia and related EKG changes to aid in diagnosing cardiac abnormalities

Answer 20

Stress Test

Question 21

Sensors placed on the skin that interfaces between the heart and an EKG machine

Answer 21

Electrode

Question 22

Standard Waveforms found on the EKG tracing each corresponding to a specific event within one full electrical cycle of the heart

Answer 22

PQRST Waves

Question 23

Narrowed or Constricted

Answer 23

Stenotic

Question 24

Excessive Sweating

Answer 24

Diaphoresis

Question 25

Skin Lips Toes or fingers turning blue or discolored

Answer 25

Cyanosis

Question 26

Fainting

Answer 26

Syncope