- Which sound would best describe crepitus?
Your answer:
screeching
crunching
cracking
ringing
- When pressing soft tissue where crepitus can be detected, it will sound like:
Your answer:
sliding the palm of your hand over a glass
sliding the balm of your hand over sandpaper
splashing you hand in water
rice crispies
- Stricking a patient's body surface with one or more fingers to emit sound is called:
Your answer:
palpation
assault
percussion
auscultation
- When the abdominal cavity contains both air and fluid, you will hear a __________ sound when the body moves.
Your answer:
popping
splashing
crackling
grating
- When air bubbles invade tissues of the neck, you will hear a ______ sound.
Your answer:
popping
splashing
crackling
grating
- Rales is a __________ sound in the lungs caused by fluid movement.
Your answer:
grating
crackling
popping
splashing
- Low pitched rales are called _________ rales.
Your answer:
musical
dray
sonorous
moist crackling
- Which kind of rales is produced by movements of thick exudates or the vibration of inflamed or edematous membranes?
Your answer:
moist crackling
sonorous
dray
post tissue
- Which rales is a sound induced by coughing?
Your answer:
dray
sonorous
post tissive
musical
- High pitched rales are called_________ rales.
Your answer:
moist crackling
musical
sonorous
dray
- What is one method of controlling infection when administering topical medications?
Your answer:
limiting the movement of air in the room
using cross ventilation
washing your hands prior to applying medication
isolating the patient
- Which of the following are the "five patient's rights"?
Your answer:
age, time, height, weight, and color
patient, medicine dose, route, and frequency
height, medicine, length, procedure, and color
dose, time, age, length, and procedures
- The Field Medicla Care is used to record:
Your answer:
medical equipment
TDY
treatment
FTX operations
- Which of the following is the most important thing to verify prior to giving the patient his medication?
Your answer:
height
idenity
weight
MOS
- After administering oral medication to a patient, you should:
Your answer:
perform a urinalysis
take his blood pressure
count his pulsations
observe him to make sure he swallows his mediciation
- Oral medications should not be administered until ______________.
Your answer:
patient's output equal intake
oral temperature is 98.6 degrees F
verification of the order for medication is made
pulse is taken
- Absorption of a rectal suppository is normally ensured when the drug is inserted beyond the ______________
Your answer:
anus
urethra
prostate
rectal sphincter
- What does "route of medication" mean?
Your answer:
condition of the patient
administration attempts
place of appropriate body entrance for the medication
inside the rectum
- Prior to a rectal suppository insertion, where is the lubricant placed?
Your answer:
on the index finger
inside the rectum
around the anus
on the tip of the suppository
- Which of the following items would you gather for the removal of surgical sutures?
Your answer:
tissue forceps
constriction band
phisohex
stainless steel needle
- Which of the following would you gather for treatment of blisters?
Your answer:
dressing forceps
penlight
saline solution
tissue forceps
- Which of the following would you gather for administering an IV solution?
Your answer:
penlight
constriction band
dressing forceps
knife handle
- Which of the following sterilizing agents is used for ten-hour time period?
Your answer:
sporticidin
cidex
formaldehyde
isopropyl alcohol
- Which of the following sterilizing agents is used for a 6 and 3/4 hour time period?
Your answer:
sporicidin
formaldehyde
cidex
isopropyl alcohol
- Which of the following sterilizing agents is not commonly used for disinfection?
Your answer:
cidex
formaldehyde
isopropyl alcohol
sporicidin
- Which of the following is an advantage of liquid sterilization agents?
Your answer:
they can be used on cemented parts
they are caustic to tissue
they leave a residue
a long exposure time is required
- Which of the following is a disadvantage of liquid sterilizing agents?
Your answer:
they can be used on cemented parts
they are non corrosive
they are sporicidal, bactericidal, and tuberculociedal
a long time exposure is required
- When sterilizing surgical instruments, what should you do before placing them in the sterilizing solution?
Your answer:
wash them in a non-filming solution and dry them
wash them in a filming solution and dry them
rinse them in cold water and dry them
do not wash them; only dry them
- Which of the following is true in regards to steam under pressure sterilization?
Your answer:
it sterilizes the surrounding area as well as the areas it contacts directly
it is the most reliable method of sterilization
it is infrequently used
it does not have the ability to penetrate
- Minimum exposure time for a gravity-displacement sterilizer is ________ minutes.
Your answer:
10
20
5
30