Unit 4- Medical Office

Question 1

when to measure height:

Answer 1

• admission to healthcare facility

- yearly exam

Question 2

when to measure weight:

Answer 2

• admission to healthcare facility
• every physician visit
• when retaining fluid (heart/kidney disease) (measured daily)
• calculating medication dosage

Question 3

types of scales:

Answer 3

• mechanical
• digital
• wheelchair
• bed scale
• infant scale

Question 4

units of measurement

Answer 4

height:
- feet (‘) inches (“)
- meters (m) centimeters (cm)

weight:

• pounds (lb) ounces (oz)
• kilograms (kg) j

Question 5

documenting height/weight:

Answer 5

• plotted on growth chart

- compares height and weight of others of same age and gender

Question 6

BMI

Answer 6

• calculation that measures weight in relation to height
• used to define:
  • overweight
  • underweight
  • normal
  • obese
  • morbidly obese

Question 7

children and adolescents

Answer 7

• age and gender are considered
• obese = 95%
• overweight = 85%-95%
• healthy weight = 5%-85%
• underweight = less than 5%

Question 8

vision screening

Answer 8

measures visual acuity and ability to perceive and comprehend the sense of sight

Question 9

myopia

Answer 9

• nearsightedness

• problems with distance vision

Question 10

hyperopia

Answer 10

• farsightedness
  • problems with close vision
  ~ presbyopia = age related problem with close vision

Question 11

color blindness

Answer 11

inability to distinguish certain shades of color

- issues seeing red, green and blue

Question 12

when do you do a visual exam?

Answer 12

• during a physical exam
• when you get a visual exam

optometrist = doesn’t deal with diseases 
ophthalmologist = deals with diseases

Question 13

snelling eye chart

Answer 13

• test far vision
• series of lines of characters varying in 20mm-200mm
• patient stands 20ft from chart
• normal vision = 20/20
  • top number: ft away from chart
  • button number: amount of mm able to read

Question 14

Jaeger chart

Answer 14

• test close vision
• chart with paragraphs types in different size fonts
• patient holds chart 14-16” away from eyes

Question 15

ishihar plates

Answer 15

• tests for color vision
• numbers printed in colored dots against a background of contrasting colors
• normal test = patient able to accurately identify numbers

Question 16

documentation

Answer 16

-date
-time
- patient identification
- test results for snellen, Jaeger and Ishihara screenings
• OU# OD# OS#
-signature and title

Question 17

strep throat

Answer 17

bacterial infection of the throat and tonsils caused by streptococcal bacteria

Question 18

common symptoms

Answer 18

• sudden severe sore throat
• fever >101
• swollen tonsils and lymph nodes (glands)
• white/yellow patches in back bright red throat
  *highly contagious
  • infectious droplets
  • sharing food/drink
• incubation period(time exposed to time you experience symptoms)= 2-5 days

Question 19

diagnosis

Answer 19

- rapid strep test:
   • back of throat is swabbed 
   • results within minutes 
   • can have false negatives 
- throat culture:
   • back of throat is swabbed 
   • takes 2 days
   • most accurate

Question 20

treatment

Answer 20

• antibiotics
  • contagious for 24 hours
• acetaminophen or ibuprofen

Question 21

complications

Answer 21

• spread of i️infection
• inflammatory reaction
  • kidney inflammation
  • rheumatic fever
  > joint inflammation
  > heart valve damage
  • scarlet fever

Question 22

documentation

Answer 22

• depends of healthcare facility

- date,time,test performed,result(if available), signature