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fight or flight- heartbeat accelerates and blood pressure rises;
hormones rush to blood stream to send sugar to muscles and
1st primal stress
brain; food digestion temporarily ceases more blood is available
for energy; ex. stage fright

Obtaining food; how are you going to feed yourself; persuasion,
bartering, searching and producing; not-life threatening but can
2nd Primal Stress
be painful stress; when food is withheld you may feel love being
withheld too




death; inevitable you will die; all must rely on personal coping
3rd Primal Stress
mechanisms regardless of what they are to get by

Abraham Maslow noted psychologist; classified human needs based on a hierarchy

embrace "appropriate" attitudes, beliefs, and feelings toward what
affective domain
you are learning, what you are doing, and how you are doing them

AIDET Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thank you

ALARA as low as reasonably achievable

body is erect with arms at the side, with palms of the hands facing
anatomic position
forward and feet side by side

positively charged electrode that serves to decelerate e- and to
anode
store and dissipate heat

anter, anteri before or front

anterior pertaining to the front

process through which an agency grants recognition to an
ARRT certification
individual upon demonstration of specialized professional skills

from greek auto-nomos meaning one who gives oneself their own
law; each person is entitled to determine their own destiny; basic
autonomy
right to self determination including the right to make informed
decisions concerning their own body

the average background radiation per person is 370 millirems per
background radiation
year

remove and prevent evil and harm; do and promote good;
requires individual to perform some action either to prevent harm
beneficence
or to do good; may require health professional to take a stand
against another or to intercede for the patient's well-being

authorized by law to operate a hospital; made up up of member of
board of directors the community who volunteer their services and may not profit
from their service

Bremsstrahlung radiation occurs when high speed e- passes near nucleus of an atom

carcin cancer

cardinal principles of radiation time, distance, shielding
protection

cathode negatively charged electrode that serves as source of e-

, caud toward the tail, down, downward

caudad toward the tail

central nervous system syndrome nerve cells are the least sensitive to radiation

cephal up, upward, toward the head

cephalad toward the head

certain skills and personal cheerful outgoing personality, clear communication, complete
qualities needed to do the job competency, thorough knowledge
expected of you

voluntary process; responsibility of person not school or
employer; set requirements of recognition of professionals
certification
through registration certification by examination; fees are changed
for the service; annual fees charged for continued recognition

occurs when an incident e- ejects an orbital e- from an inner shell
Characteristic radiation
of an atom in the bombarded material

can be filed if patient is apprehensive of injury by the imprudent
civil assault
conduct of the radiographer

actual bodily harm has been inflicted on a patient as a result of
civil battery intentional physical contact between a health care provider and a
patient

cognitive domain learn the facts and theories according to the textbook lecture

a rotating x-ray tube connected to a computerized imaging system
Computed Tomography
that produces cross sectional images of the human body

5-digit code specifying procedure that was done; exams must
CPT codes
match the procedure codes for accurate reimbursement

define the goal; note your observations; list possible options and
critical thinking steps
their consequences; select the best available option

cyt cell

replacing darkroom film processing systems, it provides a
computerized imaging system that permits LCD screen viewing,
Digital Imaging
eliminates cassettes; eliminates x-ray film; post-acquisition image
enhancement; filmless image archives

disease disorder of bodily functions; the pattern of response to an injury

dist away from the point of attachment

distal pertaining to away from the point of attachment

change in the size or shape compared to the actual size or shape
distortion
of the object itself

dors back

dorsal pertaining to the back

pertaining to the anterior aspect of the foot or posterior surface of
dorsum
the hand

employees and students over age 18; whole body 5 rem/yr;
dose limits students under age 18 educational settings 0.1 rem/yr; pregnant
women 0.5 for entire pregnancy

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