NWCA STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH ALL
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
ANSWER THEN QUESTION
By providing patients with quality care, ensuring accurate and timely payment for
the services furnished, mitigating malpractice risks, and helping healthcare
providers evaluate and plan the patient's treatment and maintain the continuum of
care. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- How are medical records critical to a patients
care?
state - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Who establishes the scope of practice
guidelines for a CMA?
sphygmomanometer - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- What is used to take blood
pressure?
otoscope - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- What is used to examine ears?
To prioritize or sort the patients for care and treatment based on
the urgency of their need for care. Results in the best outcome for the greatest
number of people. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- The function of triage and why is
it so important?
ophthalmoscope - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- What is used to examine eyes?
stethoscope - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- What is used to listen to your heart,
lungs and bowl sounds?
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, -If not present in the office go straight to Emergency Care.
- Call EMS on another line keep caller on phone to get additional info.
- If in office take to treatment room immediately and doctor notified and begin take
vital signs and symptoms. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Actions to take if a patient
has chest pain or difficulty breathing?
soiled side folding inside - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Know how to discard exam
paper?
A condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks your body.
Normally guards against germs like bacteria and viruses. When it senses these
foreign invaders, it sends out an army of fighter cells to attack them.
Normally, the immune system can tell the difference between foreign cells and
your own cells.
In an autoimmune disease, the immune system mistakes part of your body, like
your joints or skin, as foreign. It releases proteins called autoantibodies that attack
healthy cells. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- How does an autoimmune disease
affect your body?
What Do the body's cells do?
Type 1 the pancreas does not produce any insulin.
Type 2 the pancreas still produces a little insulin but body is resistant. - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- Difference between Type 1 diabetes vs Type 11 diabetes?
Achieve total loss of sensation in the body by inducing loss of consciousness. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- How is a general anesthetic used?
Provides a temporary loss of sensation from specific areas of the body. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- How is local anesthetic used?
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CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
ANSWER THEN QUESTION
By providing patients with quality care, ensuring accurate and timely payment for
the services furnished, mitigating malpractice risks, and helping healthcare
providers evaluate and plan the patient's treatment and maintain the continuum of
care. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- How are medical records critical to a patients
care?
state - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Who establishes the scope of practice
guidelines for a CMA?
sphygmomanometer - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- What is used to take blood
pressure?
otoscope - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- What is used to examine ears?
To prioritize or sort the patients for care and treatment based on
the urgency of their need for care. Results in the best outcome for the greatest
number of people. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- The function of triage and why is
it so important?
ophthalmoscope - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- What is used to examine eyes?
stethoscope - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- What is used to listen to your heart,
lungs and bowl sounds?
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, -If not present in the office go straight to Emergency Care.
- Call EMS on another line keep caller on phone to get additional info.
- If in office take to treatment room immediately and doctor notified and begin take
vital signs and symptoms. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Actions to take if a patient
has chest pain or difficulty breathing?
soiled side folding inside - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Know how to discard exam
paper?
A condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks your body.
Normally guards against germs like bacteria and viruses. When it senses these
foreign invaders, it sends out an army of fighter cells to attack them.
Normally, the immune system can tell the difference between foreign cells and
your own cells.
In an autoimmune disease, the immune system mistakes part of your body, like
your joints or skin, as foreign. It releases proteins called autoantibodies that attack
healthy cells. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- How does an autoimmune disease
affect your body?
What Do the body's cells do?
Type 1 the pancreas does not produce any insulin.
Type 2 the pancreas still produces a little insulin but body is resistant. - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- Difference between Type 1 diabetes vs Type 11 diabetes?
Achieve total loss of sensation in the body by inducing loss of consciousness. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- How is a general anesthetic used?
Provides a temporary loss of sensation from specific areas of the body. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- How is local anesthetic used?
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