study guide vocab — unit 1 Sec C (MA)

Host

Person who Carries infection but shows no signs or symptoms

Nosocomial infection

Infection acquired in a healthcare setting

HAI

Healthcare-Acquired infection

Pathogenic

Capable of producing disease

Contact precautions

A type of bacteria or virus on the skin or in a sore, or elsewhere in the body, such as the intestine, that can be transmitted to someone else if that person touches the infected individual or contaminated surfaces or equipment near the infected individual

Droplet precautions

Used to prevent the spread of pathogens that are passed through respiratory secretions

Universal precautions

Avoiding contact with patients’ bodily fluids, by means of the wearing of nonporous articles such as medical gloves, goggles, and face shields.

Pulse oximetry

A test used to measure the oxygen level (oxygen saturation) of the blood.

Pulse deficient

One is able to find a difference in count between heart beat (Apical beat or Heart sounds) and peripheral pulse

Syncope

Temporary loss of consciousness caused by a fall in blood pressure

Cyanosis

Characterized by a bluish discoloration of the skin

Asymptomatic

Producing or showing no symptoms

Anthropometric measurements

Are height, weight, body mass index (BMI), body circumferences

Debridement

The removal of damaged tissue or foreign objects from a wound

Sitz bath

A bath in which only the buttocks and hips are immersed in water.

Superior

Further above or out; higher in position

Dorsal recumbent

Lies on their back with their knees, bent up in an outward position.

Trendelenburg

Supine on the table with their head, declined below their feet at an angle of roughly 16°

Fowlers

Standard patient position in which the patient is seated in a semi–sitting position (45-60 degrees)

Semi-Fowlers

Positioned on their back with the head and trunk raised to between 15 and 45 degrees

Sims

The patient lies on their left side, with right hip and knees bent.

Prone

Lies flat with the chest down and the back up

Supine

Means lying horizontally with the face and torso facing up, as opposed to the prone position, which is face down

Abduction

Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body

Adduction

Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body