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What does the term baseline vital sign mean?

A patient’s initial measurement when seeing the doctor or having any tests

What should an EKG technician do before providing any care including measuring vital signs?

Identify themselves and state their title

What is the difference between objective and subjective information?

Objective information can be verified by a medical professional and subjective information is felt or experienced by a patient

What is a healthcare associated infection?

An infection acquired in a healthcare setting during the delivery of medical care

Is the pulse rate of 110 Normal, High, or Low

High

What is infection prevention

Set up practices used to prevent and control the spread of disease

What is a pathogen

A harmful microorganism

What is a microorganism

A small living thing that is only visible under a microscope

What is systemic infection

An infection that travel through the bloodstream and is spread throughout the body

What is Localized infection

An infection that is limited to a specific location in the body

What is an infection

occurs when pathogens invade and multiply within the body

In what type of environment to microorganism grow best in

moist and warm place

what do Standard precautions include

wearing gloves as if there is a possibility of coming into contact with blood or other bodily fluids mucous membrane, and broken skin

What precaution helps protects against the transmission of influenza

droplet precaution

Which precaution may require a use of a special mask

Airborne

What are 5 sites for measuring body temperature

temporal, axillary, rectal, oral, tympanic

How are temporal artery thermometer used to measure body temperature

thermometer is scan across the forehead

A gray or bluish tint to the is skin is called what

cyanosis

Damaged caused by an MI can result in what

low cardiac output

What is chest pain cause by a lack of oxygen called

angina

What is the total loss of heart function called

cardiac arrest

some women’s heart attack symptoms are similar to what viral illness

the flu

what kind of chest pain is occurs at rest or without stress

unstable

what is the medical term for shortness of breath

dyspnea

In cardiomyopathy the heart beats less efficiently because of what

enlargement or thinning of muscle

what is fluid build up in the lung that interfere with gas exchange called

pulmonary edema

What is a goal of treatment for cardiomyopathy

to strengthen the heart’s action

What is regurgitation

blood leaking back into the chamber from which it is being pumped

a patient who has had a blood clot may take what type of medication

blood thinners

what is a normal range for adult pulse

60-100

What can a defibrillator be used for

to treat an abnormal heart rhythm

What is the main responsibility of a ECG monitor technician

view an evaluate ECG tracing on an electronic display and alert healthcare professional when abnormalities appear

Where is a continuous ECG monitor used most commonly

A hospital

what would a person who blood pressure has been above normal for 2 or more visits be diagnosed with

hypertension

for how long is the respiratory rate taken for

60 sec

what is the single most important procedure you can do to prevent the spread of infection

hand hygiene

when speaking to a person hard of hearing how should you speak

slowly and distinctly

What does the systolic blood pressure represent

the left ventricle contracting

What does the diastolic blood pressure represent

The ventricles at rest