A heart rate of 110-130 beats per minute is normal for what age group?
a. infants
b. children up to 12 years
c. teens, 13-19 years
d. adults - ANSWER-infants
A heart rate of less than 60 beats per minute may indicate not pathology but
a. a heart attack
b. a child
c. a fit athlete
d. angina - ANSWER-a fit athlete
A preoperative checklist is completed to ensure the patient is properly prepared for the surgical
procedure. List three items to be included on the checklist. - ANSWER-1. History and Physical
2. Anesthesia History
3. Signed consent for anesthesia and the surgery
4. Smoking habits
5. Removal of jelwery or any removal prosthetics
A unit of blood drawn from a patient and kept for their own use during a surgical procedure is known as
a/an ________________________unit.
a. autotransfusion
b. autologous
c. reactive
d. universal - ANSWER-autologous
Abnormally slow heart rate - ANSWER-bradycardia
An EKG:
a. may be routine for patients over 40
b. is required if a patient has a suspected/known cardiac disease
c. is performed on all surgical patients
d. A & B - ANSWER-A & B
, Operating Room Techniques (collective)
An electrocardiogram is
a. an electrical recording of heart activity
b. an x-ray defining heart structures
c. an x-ray of the cardiac portion of the stomach
d. a stress test on the heart - ANSWER-an electrical recording of heart activity
As an age group, _____________________ welcome explanations and descriptions of how things work
and how devices and equipment in the environment relate to their own bodies.
a. toddlers
b. preschoolers
c. school-age children
d. adolescents - ANSWER-school-age children
Axillary temperature readings are _______________ oral measurements.
a. higher than
b. lower than
c. equal to
d. none of the above - ANSWER-lower than
Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries - ANSWER-pulse
Below normal body temperature - ANSWER-hypothermia
Care that is usually "hands on" and can be therapeutic or diagnostic is referred to as
________________.
a. indirect care
b. criticle care
c. direct care
d. patient-centered care - ANSWER-direct care
Chandra is a 13-year-old who was involved in an automobile accident. She has a severe facial laceration
but was not rendered unconscious and has no negative neurological signs. She is coming to the OR
where a plastic surgeon will repair her facial laceration.