RAD 100 chp 8

What does HIPAA stand for?

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Are torts civil or criminal violations?

civil violations

What are examples of intentional misconduct?

civil assault, civil battery, invasion of privacy (HIPAA), false imprisonment

Do patients have the right to refuse anything that is done to them in the hospital?

yes

What type of intentional misconduct would a HIPAA violation be?

Invasion of privacy

What does res ipsa loquitor mean

The thing speaks for itself and is build around evidence demonstrating that an injury could not have occurred if no negligence existed

what does respondeat superior mean

requires that an employer pay the victim for the torts committed by its employees

What are veins

blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart

what are arteries

blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart

What are the 4 chambers of the heart?

tthe right and left atriums, and the right and left ventricles

what are the different levels of defense in the immune system

there are three types of line defense protects the body against pathogens, foreign agents

what are vaccines

suspension of weakened or killed microorganisms administered by injection, mouth, or nasal spray

what are pathogens

disease that causes organisms such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses

what are phagocytes

Cells that engulf and destroy pathogens

what are lymphocytes

a type of white blood cell that is part of the immune system

what are some type of harmful agents

insect bite, allergen, cancer cell, bacteria, virus

The first line of defense is

chemical barriers, saliva, ear wax, mechanical barriers

the second line of defense is

natural killer cells, phagocytes, inflammation and fever, protective proteins

the third line of defense is

antibodies, T cells, B cells

Mechanical barriers, such as skin, belong to which line of defense?

First line of defense

Natural killer cells are part of which defense system?

Second line of defense

Which cells are responsible for the third line of defense?

T cells and B cells