Mosby's ARRT Chapter 2:100
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A blood pressure of 120/80 mmHg reveals that:
a. The pressure is 120 mmHg when the heart is at rest
b. The diastolic pressure is 120 mmHg
c. The systolic pressure if 80 mmHg
d. The pressure is 80 mmHg when the heart is at rest - ✔ ✔ D
A case involving obvious negligence would be defined by the doctrine of:
a. Respondeat superior
b. Slander
c. Libel
d. Res ispa loquitur - ✔ ✔ D (This means "the thing speaks for itself". It is something that could not
have occurred by natural means)
A constrast medium overdose:
a. Cannot occur because a contrast medium is not a drug
b. May occur in infants
c. May occur if contrast material was injected during the week before the examination
d. May occur in infants or adults who have renal, cardiac, or hepatic failure - ✔ ✔ D (all relevant
history and blood values myst be present on the chart and consulted before the exam is begun)
,A document that provides instructions regarding medical care that a patient may prepare before
incapacitation is called a(n):
a. Preplanning order
b. Advance directive
c. Physician notice
d. Informed consent - ✔ ✔ B
A radiographer should wear eye protection:
a. Any time blood may be present
b. Any time an injection is being made
c. Any time there is a possibility of blood splashing
d. With nearly all patients - ✔ ✔ C
A radiographer who is assisting with a sterile procedure but is not gloved and gowned:
a. Should stand between the physician and the sterile field
b. Should carefully place all utensils needed in the center of the sterile field by dropping them after
removing them from their packages
d. May not have contact with the sterile field or anyone who is scrubbed in - ✔ ✔ D
A reaction at the site of injection of iodinated contrast media may be caused by:
a. Extravasation of contrast agent
b. Allergy to seafood
c. Anaphylaxis
d. Allergy to certain medications - ✔ ✔ A
A reaction that causes the patient's skin to turn cyanotic means:
, a. The skin is turning yellow
b. The skin is turning white
c. The skin is turning blue
d. The skin is turning red - ✔ ✔ C
A mechanical method used to clear the patient's airway is called:
a. The Heimlich maneuver
b. CPR
c. Suctioning
d. NG tube insertion - ✔ ✔ C (The Heimlich maneuver performed by a person, CPR is for
cardiac/respiratory arrest, and a nasogastric tube is for introducing substances directly into the
stomach)
A patient history should be taken by the radiographer:
a. Too assist the radiographer in understanding the patient's injury and to assist the radiologist
interpretation of the images
b. To verify the patient name and form of payment
c. Only on patient from the ED
d. Only in the absence of the patient's chart - ✔ ✔ A (It is very important to obtain accurate patient
history on all patients)
A patient who has sustained a head injury in an MVC arrived in the radiology department alert and
oriented. While radiographing the patient, the radiographer observed that the patient was becoming
drowsy, irritable, and less coherent. Which of the following would be the correct action for the
radiographer to take?
a. Continue the radiographic examination
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A blood pressure of 120/80 mmHg reveals that:
a. The pressure is 120 mmHg when the heart is at rest
b. The diastolic pressure is 120 mmHg
c. The systolic pressure if 80 mmHg
d. The pressure is 80 mmHg when the heart is at rest - ✔ ✔ D
A case involving obvious negligence would be defined by the doctrine of:
a. Respondeat superior
b. Slander
c. Libel
d. Res ispa loquitur - ✔ ✔ D (This means "the thing speaks for itself". It is something that could not
have occurred by natural means)
A constrast medium overdose:
a. Cannot occur because a contrast medium is not a drug
b. May occur in infants
c. May occur if contrast material was injected during the week before the examination
d. May occur in infants or adults who have renal, cardiac, or hepatic failure - ✔ ✔ D (all relevant
history and blood values myst be present on the chart and consulted before the exam is begun)
,A document that provides instructions regarding medical care that a patient may prepare before
incapacitation is called a(n):
a. Preplanning order
b. Advance directive
c. Physician notice
d. Informed consent - ✔ ✔ B
A radiographer should wear eye protection:
a. Any time blood may be present
b. Any time an injection is being made
c. Any time there is a possibility of blood splashing
d. With nearly all patients - ✔ ✔ C
A radiographer who is assisting with a sterile procedure but is not gloved and gowned:
a. Should stand between the physician and the sterile field
b. Should carefully place all utensils needed in the center of the sterile field by dropping them after
removing them from their packages
d. May not have contact with the sterile field or anyone who is scrubbed in - ✔ ✔ D
A reaction at the site of injection of iodinated contrast media may be caused by:
a. Extravasation of contrast agent
b. Allergy to seafood
c. Anaphylaxis
d. Allergy to certain medications - ✔ ✔ A
A reaction that causes the patient's skin to turn cyanotic means:
, a. The skin is turning yellow
b. The skin is turning white
c. The skin is turning blue
d. The skin is turning red - ✔ ✔ C
A mechanical method used to clear the patient's airway is called:
a. The Heimlich maneuver
b. CPR
c. Suctioning
d. NG tube insertion - ✔ ✔ C (The Heimlich maneuver performed by a person, CPR is for
cardiac/respiratory arrest, and a nasogastric tube is for introducing substances directly into the
stomach)
A patient history should be taken by the radiographer:
a. Too assist the radiographer in understanding the patient's injury and to assist the radiologist
interpretation of the images
b. To verify the patient name and form of payment
c. Only on patient from the ED
d. Only in the absence of the patient's chart - ✔ ✔ A (It is very important to obtain accurate patient
history on all patients)
A patient who has sustained a head injury in an MVC arrived in the radiology department alert and
oriented. While radiographing the patient, the radiographer observed that the patient was becoming
drowsy, irritable, and less coherent. Which of the following would be the correct action for the
radiographer to take?
a. Continue the radiographic examination
