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What term is used to describe a portion of the body in which the spine is not crooked or twisted?

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body alignment

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What term pretains the identification of a disease or syndrome?

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diagnostic

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What is the ability to know when to keep sensitive information private?

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disecrtion

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What term refers to emergency treatment given before regular medical services?

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first aid

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What term refers to the total amount of money earned in a pay period?

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gross pay

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What term refers to a lack of qualifications or ability perform job tasks?

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incompetence

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What term refers to adherence to ethical principles and professional standards?

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integrity

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What term refers to a test or procedure that requires incisions to the skin or the insertion of instruments or other materials into the body?

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invasive procedure

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What is the amount of money received in a pay period after all deductions have been taken out; also known as take-home pay?

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net pay

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What is a test or treatment that does not require incisions to the skin or the insertion of instruments or other material into the body?

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noninvasive procedures

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Which healthcare professional creates medical images or treats disease by passing radiation, such as x-rays or gamma rays through an object?

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radiographers

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Which healthcare professional creates medical images or treats diseases through the use of high frequency sound waves?

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sonographers

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What is the key measurements that provide information about a person’s health including temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure?

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vital signs

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Who are experts in using machines to create the best possible image for correct diagnosis?

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diagnostic workers

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Which healthcare professional is a medical assistant that can draw your blood and receive specimens for testing?

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phlebotomist

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What test can determine positive streptococcal infections?

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rapid strep test

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Which form of chemistry prepares specimens and analyzes the chemical and hormonal contents of the body fluids?

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clinical chemistry

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Which type of biology examines and identifies bacteria and other microorganisms?

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Mircobiology

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What career collects, types, annd prepares blood and components for transfusion?

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immunohematology

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Which career examines elements of the human immune system and its response to foreign bodies?

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immunology

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Which form of technology prepares slides of body cells and examines these cells mircoscopically for abnormalities that may signal the growth of cancerous cells?

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cytotechnology

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Which type of biology performs complex protein and nucleic acid testing on cell samples?

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molecular biology

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When and by whom was Medical imaging invented by?

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1895: Wilhem Roentgen

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What were radiologic technicians previously called?

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X-Ray Technicans

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What does CT stand for?
Computed tomography
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What produces images of the structures inside of your body particularly your bones?
X-Rays
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What produces clear images of soft tissues in your body?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
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What shows x-rays images of moving body structures on a monitor?
Fluroscopy
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Which type of tomography shows functional process in the body and can show the development of a condition?
Positron Emission Tomography (PMT)
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What uses low does of x-ray systems to examine the breasts?
mammography
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What type of tomograohy shows how blood flows to tissues and organs?
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)
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What type of tomography uses a narrow beam of x-rays and high powered computers to generate images of bones and soft tissues in the body?
Computed Tomography (CT)
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What uses sound waves to create computerized pictures?
sonography
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What form of imaging requies the patient to drink a special solution that will result in an image that clearly shows soft tissue in the body?
Fluroscopy
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What form of imaging uses radio frequency to produce an image contrast?
magentic resonance imaging
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How many types of nuclear medicine scans are there?
two
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What are the two types of nuclear medicine scans?
Positron Emission Tomography (PET), and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)
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What form of theraphy is a treatment procedure that projects high energy x-rays at targeted cells to shrink and elimate cancerous tumors?
radiation theraphy
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Which part of the body do electroencephalographic technologists, electroneurodiagnostic technologist and polysomnographic technologist all peform tests on to measure activity and response?
the brain
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What does a opthalmologist specialize in?
the eye
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What does a otolaryngologist specialize in?
the ear
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Whose office are routine vision testing and corrections performed in?
optometrist
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Who works with people who have hearing and balance problems?
audiologist
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Who are technicians who work with pateints to fit hearing aids?
audioprosthologist
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What can audioprosthologist also be called?
hearing aid specialist
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What term refers to give permission for another person to complete a specific task for you?
to delegate
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What form of surgey removes the appendix?
appendectomy
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What does the term vital refer to?
needed for life
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What is your body fighting off if you have a fever?
a infection
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What is temperature measuremnt from the mouth refered to as?
oral temperature
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What is the average oral tempertaure for children between the ages 3-10?
95.9 to 99.5 fahrenheit
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What is the avergae oral temeprature for ages 11-65?
97.6 to 99.6 fahrenheit
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What is the average oral tempertaure for ages 65 or older?
96.4 to 98.5 fahrenheit
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What is the average rectal temeprature for ages 0-2?
97.9 to 100.4 fahrenheit
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What is the average rectal temeprature for ages 3-10?
97.9 to 100.4 fahrenheit
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What is the avergae rectal tempertaure for ages 11-65?
98.6 to 100.6 fahrenheit
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What is the average rectal temperature for ages 65 and older?
97.1 to 99.2 fahrenheit
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What is the average axillary temeperature for ages 0-2?
94.5 to 99.1 fahrenheit
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What is the average axillary temperature for ages 3 -10?
96.6 to 98.0 fahrenheit
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What is the avergae axillary temperature for ages 11-65
95.3 to 98.4 fahreneheit
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What is the average axillary temperature for ages 65 or older?
96 to 97.4 fahrenheit
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What is the average temporal temperature for ages 0-2?
97.5 to 100.4 fahrenehit
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What is the average temporal temperatrue for ages 3-10?
97 to 100 fahrenehit
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What is the average temporal tempertaure for ages 11-65?
96.6 to 99.5 fahrenheit
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What is the average temproal temperature for ages 65 and older?
96.4 and 99.5 fahreneheit
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What type of temeprature is taken by placing the thermometer in the rectum?
rectal temperature
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What is considered the most accurate temperature reading?
rectal temperature
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What does pulse measure?
heartbeat
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What is the process of assessing the pulse rythm and pulse volume?
amplitude
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What are the common sites for pulse measurements?
raidal artert and the apex of the heart
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What medical instrument makes sound louder?
stethoscope
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What is the avergae BMP in resting heart rate for babies to children ages 1?
100-160
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What is the average BPM in resting heart rate for children ages 1 -10?
90-120
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What is the average BPM in resting heart rate for ages 11- 17?
60-100
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What is the average BPM in resting heart rates for adults?
60-100
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What is the average BPM in resting heart rates for adults?
40-60
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How many times does a healthy adult breathe per minute?
16 to 20 times
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What is the force of blood pushing against the inside of the blood vessel artery walls?
blood pressure
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What two measurements do you record when you take someone's blood pressure?
systolic and distolic
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What pressure is the force caused by the contracting heart muscles pushing blood through the arteries?
systolic and distolic
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What is the lesser force of the blood when the heart muscle relaxes?
distolic
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When recording systolic and distolic numbers what comes first?
systolic and then distolic
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What term refers to low blood pressure?
Hypotension
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What term refers to high blood pressure?
Hypertension
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What tool measures blood pressure?
sphygmomanometer
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How many types does the sphygmomanmeter come in?And what are they?
3 types; mercury, aneriod, and digital
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What type of sphymomanmeter is the most common?
aneriod sphygmomanometer
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What type of sphymomanmeter is the most accurate?
mercury sphygmomanometer
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Who is the founder of sounds that are created through the sphygmomanmeter?
Nikolai Korotkoff
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What is measured in feet, inches, meter and or centimeters?
height
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What is recorded in pounds or kilograms?
weight
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What position refers to the patient lying on the back with the bed flat?
Supine/dorsal recumbent position
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What position refers to a sitting postion with the head of the bed elevated?
Fowler's position
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What position refers to lying face down?
prone position
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What position refers to halfway between the lateral position and prone position with the upper knees bent?
Sims' position
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What position refers to lying on the side?
lateral recumbent
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What is farsightedness referred to as?
hyperopia
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What is near sightedness referred to as?
myopia
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What tools do schools use to conduct a hearing screening?
audiometer
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What is an automated external defibralliator also known as?
AED
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What does FBAO stand for?
foreign body airway obstruction
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Which law protects people who provide emergency care to ill or injured individuals?
The Good Samaritain Law
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Which type of patients have choosen not to recieve resuscitation in the event of a respiratory or cardiac arrest?
DNR patients
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What term refers to protizing life threatening emergencies before any other?
Triage
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What sequence should you follow when checking an unconsious victim?
ABC
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What technique is used to respond to cardiac arrest?
CPR
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What machine delievers an electric shock to the heart?
AED machine
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What term refers to the heart having an abnormal rhythm?
fibrillation
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What occurs when blood flows to a part of the brain is cut off?
A stroke
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What type of stroke happens when people experience the signals of a stroke but they go away?
a mini stroke
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What can a mini stroke be referred to as?
transient ischemic attack
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What menemic can help recognize a stroke?
FAST
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What technique encourages more people to take action immediately when they witness a cardaic arrest in an adult?
continous compression resusitatction
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What act is a tax to fund social security?
Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FIDA)
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What tax is a tax on your personal income?
Federal withholding tax

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