Chapter 6: Patient Care and New Technologies

Question 1

patient identifying markers

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patient’s name
medical record number
date of birth

Question 2

influence many aspects of patient care and ensure that patient records are kept private by establishing certain standards or safeguards

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HIPAA

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Documentation required on images:

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patients name and other identifying information
facility information
date of examination
image orientation

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transfer of information from one person to another

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communication

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communication can be:

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verbal or nonverbal

Question 6

signs, hand gestures, facial expressions, and other body motions

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nonverbal communication

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loss of consciousness
loss of blood pressure
dilation of pupils
possibly seizures

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classic presentation of cardiac arrest

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body’s pathologic response to illness, trauma, or severe physiologic or emotional stress

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shock

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transmitted via contact with infectious blood, semen, and other body fluids, sex, sharing needles, during childbirth

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Hepatitis B and C

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virus that leads to AIDS

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HIV

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airborne disease found in lungs

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tuberculosis

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staphylococcus or “staph” bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics; infected area on skin

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MRSA

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hospital-acquired infection

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nosocomial infection

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Most common nosocomial infection

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UTI

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complete removal or microorganisms and their spores from an object or surface

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sterile technique

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calculation used to predict the maximum temperature elevation in tissues as a result of attenuation; maximum heating of tissue related to sound beams spatial peak temporal average

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thermal index

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action of an acoustic field within a fluid to generate bubbles

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cavitation

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produces bubbles that oscillate, or fluctuate, in size, but do not rupture

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stable cavitation

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potential of causing most biologic damage; larger bubbles produced and subsequently ruptured

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transient cavitation

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likelihood of cavitation to occur

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mechanical index

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uses sound waves to virtually palpate lesions in the body to evaluate stiffness

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elastography

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measures tissue strain or change in tissue length as a result of compression

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strain elastography

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uses acoustic radiation force to compress soft tissue; provides a qualitative measurement of stiffness without requiring pressure input

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acoustic radiation force impulse elastography

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also referred to as transient elastography; utilizes shear waves to analyze stiffness of tissue

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shear wave elastography

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agents help with visualization of blood vessels and may be used to identify neoplasms

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contrast enhanced ultrasound

Question 26

Typical CEUS agent is a microbubble smaller than __ um

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Question 27

technique that images at half the fundamental frequency in order to suppress the tissue information and better display microvessels

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subharmonic imaging

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enables simultaneous display of real-time sonography and a stored CT or MRI

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Fusion imaging or hybrid imaging

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procedure that pairs a miniature ultrasound transducer and a vascular catheter

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intravascular ultrasound

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scientific study of creating tools and using equipment effectively in order to help the human body adjust to the work environment

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ergonomics

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prevention of WRMSDs

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proper body mechanics
creating a practical work environment
using equipment that is functionally supportive

Question 32

Most common location of WRMSDs

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shoulder

Question 33

Scanning arm should be no more than ___ degree abduction

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