Medical Law and Ethics

• Stating that everyone over 60 cannot hear is a form of prejudice.
• A fatal illness in its final stages is called a terminal disease.
• Three basic ways to organize information in written communication are problem-oriented, chronological, and comparison.
• The salutation is the greeting of a business letter.
• Paralanguage includes voice's tone, volume, and pitch.
• CAAHEP stands for Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, which establishes clinical and administrative procedures for medical assistants.
• CMA (AAMA) is a medical assistant certified by AAMA, where CMA stands for Certified Medical Assistant.
• Being aware of a crime and doing nothing about it is being an accessory to the crime.
• Threatening a person or acting in a way that causes the person to fear harm is called assault.
• To avoid being sued for abandonment, a physician must follow specific legal procedures to end the physician–patient relationship.
• A written account of negative events experienced by patients, visitors, or staff is called an incident report.
• It is important to have an inventory of equipment in case of damage.
• All medication errors require an incident report.
• An arrangement with a company to care for office equipment is called a service contract.
• Congress passed the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment in 1988 to improve lab test results.
• A biohazard waste container is used only for waste contaminated with blood or body fluid.
• A sharps waste container is used only for sharp objects (needles, slides, ampules, scalpels).
• Handwashing is a cleaning technique that reduces the number of organisms present and prevents their transfer.
• Reducing the number of microbes is sanitizing.
• Incubation stage is stage one of infection.
• The process of identifying a disease or illness is diagnosis.
• Assessment is the process of gathering information to determine the patient’s problem.
• Closed-ended questions most often require a yes or no answer.
• Homeopathic medications are given in small doses, where a normal dose would produce the symptoms of the disease being treated.
• Asking if a patient has had symptoms before, and if so, when and under what circumstances, defines chronology of the present illness.

Lab Procedure Quiz 2

• A nasal speculum is inserted in the nostrils to examine the inside.
• A speculum is used to enlarge or separate the opening of a body cavity.
• An otoscope is used to examine the tympanic membrane.
• An ophthalmoscope is used to inspect the interior structures of the eye.
• A stethoscope is used to listen to body sounds.
• An Otorhinolaryngologist, or ENT, specializes in treating disorders and diseases of the ears, nose, and throat.
• Accurate records of sterilized items and equipment should include everything except the storage temperature.
• Surgical packs may be prepared in the medical office but are also purchased from a supplier.
• Disposable surgical packs are available from a medical supplier.
• "Sterile to sterile is sterile" means maintaining the sterile field.
• Moisture present on the pack indicates contamination of sterile surgical items.
• Sterile transfer forceps are used for transferring surgical instruments to the sterile field.
• Surgical instruments can be placed on the sterile field by sterile forceps, flipping, or sterile gloves.
• Analgesics relieve pain.
• Antibiotics interfere with the growth of or destroy microorganisms.
• Antihypertensives increase the size of arteries.
• Antacids neutralize or reduce stomach acidity.
• Coumadin is an example of an anticoagulant drug.
• Epinephrine is an example of an adrenergic agent.
• Zocor is an example of an antilipemic drug.
• Noninvasive techniques don't involve entering the body or breaking the skin.
• An electrocardiogram is a diagnostic tool used to pick up the electrical signals made by the heart muscle and records them on a graph.
• ECG helps to diagnose arrhythmias.
• Each small horizontal line on the ECG paper represents 0.04 seconds of time.
• One limb lead is placed on each arm and leg.

Lab Procedure Quiz 3

• POL is an abbreviation for Physician Office Laboratory.
• The most common tests done in a POL include urinalysis, blood glucose, and hemoglobin and hematocrit but not Complete blood count.
• A requisition form is necessary to send with a specimen to the laboratory, including the patient’s demographic information and tests requested.
• ICD codes may be included on the requisition for laboratory tests.
• CBC is a hematology test that counts the number of cells in the blood.
• WBC is part of a CBC and protects the body from infection.
• RBC is part of a CBC and carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.
• PLT, also called a thrombocyte, is the smallest and is important for clot formation.
• H & H represents the blood's ability to carry oxygen and the percentage of RBC in a volume of blood, respectively.
• Diff counts the different types of WBC in the blood.
• Noncompliance is the term used when the patient is unable or refuses to follow a prescribed order.
• Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs places basic needs at the bottom of the pyramid, while the higher needs are at the top.
• At the base of Maslow’s pyramid, the basic needs are water, food, rest, and comfort.
• The Safety and Security level of Maslow’s pyramid means a safe environment and freedom from fear and anxiety.
• The Belonging and Affection level of Maslow’s pyramid means the need for love and belonging is essential for feeling connected and important to others.
• The esteem and self-respect level of Maslow’s pyramid means the feeling of self-worth.
• The self-actualization level of Maslow’s pyramid means a person at the top of the pyramid has satisfied all the lower-level needs.
• Teaching patients to perform a psychomotor skill requires the patient to perform a physical task.
• A patient’s existing distress and anxiety will play a key role in their ability and willingness to learn.
• When dealing with children and the elderly, patient's age appropriate education is a type of obstacle to patient education.
• Defibrillation is the process of using electric shock to restore normal heart rhythm.
• When evaluating a patient during the secondary assessment in an emergency, you will be assessing general appearance, level of consciousness, vital signs, and skin.
• The patient’s skin color and moisture, facial expressions, posture, motor activity, speech, and state of alertness are all called general appearance.
• Temperature, pulse, respiratory rates, and blood pressure are called vital signs.
• If a spine injury is suspected, the patient’s spine must be immobilized.