Introduction to Scanning Quiz Flashcards
When transferring catharized patients, the urine collection bag must be
Held below the level of the patient’s bladder
The basic principles of body mechanics require all of the following except:
When lifting, flex your hips to absorb jolts, and turn with your feet instead of your knees
Vital signs include all of the following except
Hematuria
The basic infection control guidelines used to reduce the risks of spreading infection are called:
Standard precautions
The Fresnel zone is also called the:
Near zone
The most common arrhythmias are:
Tachycardia and bradyycardia
The device that converts energy from one form to another is called the:
Transducer
The normal amount of oxygen in the blood is:
90%
Infectious materials include all of the following except:
Intact skin
Historically, the development of ultrasound began shortly after:
Sonar in World War II
Lifting object should be done using the muscles of the
Legs
An artificial opening in the abdominal wall surrounded by a ring of mucosal tissue is called a:
Stoma
When transferring a patient from a wheelchair to the examination table, you should
Bend at the knees and lean forward
Visualization of the cardiac structures in the heart was discovered by
Hertz and Elder
A shortness of breath or the feeling of not getting enough air, which may leave a person gasping, is called
Dyspnea
Examples of airborne transmission include all of the following except
mumps
Which one of the following statements about the doppler principle is false
The beam should be perpendicular to the flow
The angle of reflection is equal to the:
Angle of incidence
Diagnostic ultrasound uses the frequencies of:
1 to 20MHz
Which one of the following statements about the role of sonographers is false
Sonographers perform ultrasound studies and gather diagnostic data independent of the physician
How many beats per minute (bpm) is the normal adult pulse rate
60 to 100
Which one of the following statements is false regarding the protocol for taking a blood pressure
If the patient is sitting, be sure he or she has both feet in air
Which one of the following statements is incorrect regarding hand washing?
Wash your hands after touching blood, body fluids, or contaminated item only when gloves are not worn
Which one of the following is a special safety precaution for oxygen therapy
The tank is secured in the upright position away from any heat source
Which one of the following statements is false regarding the nasogastric (NG) tube?
Raise or open the drainage bottle as necessary
The display mode that shows time along the horizontal axis and depth along the vertical axis is
M-mode
An intravenous (IV) fluid container should always be
18 to 20
In soft tissues, the assumed propagation velocity is (in meters per second)
1540
Breathing that stops spontaneously for any reason is called:
apnea
The most common nosocomial (hospital acquired) infection is a
Urinary tract infection
The higher the transducer frequency the:
Shorter the wavelength
Examples of droplet transmission include all of the following except
Chickenpox
According to the national institutes of health, hypertension is defined as a blood pressure greater than
140/90
Examples of contact transmission include all of the following except
pertussis
The early applications of obstetric ultrasound were initiated by:
Ian donald
Which one of the following personal protective equipment (PPE) is applied last?
Gloves
