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Question 1

What is torts?

Answer 1

type of laws that govern the rights between individuals in non-criminal actions (personal injury law)

Question 2

what is assault?

Answer 2

threat of touching in an injurious way

Question 3

what is battery?

Answer 3

touching a person without permission, implies that the touch is a willful act or provoke

Question 4

What is false imprisonment?

Answer 4

occurs when a patient wishes to leave and is not allowed

Question 5

What is invasion of privacy?

Answer 5

may result when confidentiality of information has not been maintained or when patient’s body has been improperly and unneccesarily exposed or touched

Question 6

What is libel?

Answer 6

written defamation

Question 7

What is slander?

Answer 7

spoken defamation

Question 8

What is defamation?

Answer 8

disclosure of confidential information in a way that may be detrimental

Question 9

four elements that much be present to prove malpractice

Answer 9

duty, breach, injury sustained, cause

Question 10

What is negligence?

Answer 10

the neglect or omission of reasonable care or caution

Question 11

What is gross?

Answer 11

type of negligence where the act involves reckless disregard for life or limb

Question 12

What is contributory?

Answer 12

type of negligence in which the behaviour of the injure party contributed to the injurious outcome

Question 13

What is advanced directives?

Answer 13

a document in which a person either states choices for medical treatment or designates who should make treatment choices if the person should lose decision making capacity

Question 14

What is living will?

Answer 14

another name for an advanced care directive

Question 15

What is respondent superior?

Answer 15

let the master answer - the employer is responsible for the legal consequences of the acts/services of employees

Question 16

res ipsa loquitur

Answer 16

the thing speaks for itself - requres the defendant to explain the events and convince the court that no negligence was involved

Question 17

when carrying a heavy object, you want to carry it close/far away from your body

Answer 17

close

Question 18

t/f bend with the knees and not the back

Answer 18

true

Question 19

t/f whenever possible, push or roll heavy objects

Answer 19

true

Question 20

when possible the radiographer should stand with his or her feet approximately this many inches apart when lifting 12
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Answer 20

12

Question 21

center of gravity in the human body is the center of the __

Answer 21

pelvis

Question 22

before helping a patient into or out of a wheelchair it must first be positioned ___ to the bed

Answer 22

parallel

Question 23

the patients stronger/weaker side should approach the x-ray table first

Answer 23

stronger

Question 24

position in which the head is higher than the feet

Answer 24

fowler

Question 25

position a patient should be placed in following

Answer 25

fowler

Question 26

clothing should be removed from this side first

Answer 26

uninjured side

Question 27

clothing should be placed on this side first

Answer 27

injured

Question 28

injured

Answer 28

18-24"

Question 29

average adult oral body temperature

Answer 29

98.6

Question 30

infant body temps are usually higher/lower than adults

Answer 30

higher

Question 31

most accurate location to record body temperature

Answer 31

rectal

Question 32

the advancing pressure wave in the artery caused by the explusion of blood when the left ventricle of the heart contracts

Answer 32

pulse

Question 33

the very young and the very old have higher/lower pulse rates

Answer 33

higher

Question 34

normal adult range for resting pulse rates

Answer 34

60-90

Question 35

pulse rates are measured in this

Answer 35

beats/minute

Question 36

this sex tends to have a higher pulse rate

Answer 36

women

Question 37

anything over 100 b/m is considered this

Answer 37

tachycardia

Question 38

anything below 60 b/m is considered this

Answer 38

bradycardia

Question 39

the act of this serves to deliver oxygen to all the body cells and ride the body of carbon dioxide

Answer 39

respiration

Question 40

difficulty breathing

Answer 40

dyspnea

Question 41

anbnormally rapid breathing

Answer 41

tachypnea

Question 42

difficulty breathing while recumbent

Answer 42

orthopnea

Question 43

abnormally shallow, slow breatihng

Answer 43

oligopnea

Question 44

pulse point found over the apex of the heart

Answer 44

apical

Question 45

absence of breaths

Answer 45

apnea

Question 46

blood pressure within vessels is highest during this phase

Answer 46

systole

Question 47

blood pressure within the vessels is lowest during this phase

Answer 47

diastole

Question 48

normal adult systolic pressure range

Answer 48

100-140

Question 49

normal adult diastolic range

Answer 49

60-90

Question 50

prehypertension is present when blood pressure measurements are between this systolic

Answer 50

120-140

Question 51

prehypertension is present when blood pressure diastolic measurements between

Answer 51

80-90

Question 52

this occurs in some individuals when they rise quickly from a recumbent positon

Answer 52

orthostatic hypotension

Question 53

a diastolic range below 60 would indicate this

Answer 53

hypotension

Question 54

a practice that retards the growth of pathogenic micro-organisms

Answer 54

antisepsis

Question 55

this refers to the destruction of pathogenic micro-organisms through the process of disinfection

Answer 55

medical asepsis

Question 56

this refers to the removal of all microorganisms AND their sportes and is practiced in the surgical suite

Answer 56

surgical asepsis

Question 57

the most important precaution in the practice of aseptic technique is this

Answer 57

handwashing

Question 58

this is any environment where pathogens can survive and reproduce and ultimately pose a health risk

Answer 58

reservoir

Question 59

any pathway by which pathogens are able to leave the reservois

Answer 59

portal of exit

Question 60

type of infection that are health care aquired infections

Answer 60

nosocomial