NCCT STUDY GUIDE KEY (1)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
lithotomy - ANSWER-colposcopy
sims - ANSWER-colonoscopy
supine/recumbent - ANSWER-ECG
semi-fowlers
{pregnant woman are semi full of hunger} - ANSWER-pregnant/w chest pain for ECG
lithotomy - ANSWER-pap smear
fowlers - ANSWER-spirometry testing
sitting at a 45- degree angle
{semi ? half} - ANSWER-semi-fowlers degree angle
sitting at a 90-degree angle
{full *90} - ANSWER-full-fowlers degree angle
laying on back with legs in stirrup's - ANSWER-describe lithotomy
laying flat on back with feet elevated
(AKA - shock position) - ANSWER-describe trendelenburg
flat on stomach
{babies are prone to lay on their tummy's} - ANSWER-describe prone
flat on back - ANSWER-describe supine (recumbent)
left side with right hip or knee bent up - ANSWER-describe sims
120/80 - ANSWER-normal range for blood pressure
140/90 - ANSWER-borderline high blood pressure
greater than 140/90 - ANSWER-hypertension
brachial - ANSWER-what artery is utilized for blood pressure?
, Rt mastectomy - Left brachial artery
Lt mastectomy - Right brachial artery - ANSWER-where to take blood pressure on a
patient with mastectomy ?
thigh or brachial artery with physicians order - ANSWER-bilateral mastectomy
retake the blood pressure and notify physician - ANSWER-what steps for ma to follow
when blood pressure is abnormal?
60-100 bpm - ANSWER-normal pulse range for adults
bilaterally on the neck - ANSWER-locate, carotid ?
inner side of the upper arm (used for infants) - ANSWER-locate, brachial
radial (thumb side of the wrist) - ANSWER-what artery is utilized for taking a pulse in an
adult?
carotid - ANSWER-what artery is utilized in an emergency/cpr?
oral , allowing results in a few seconds - ANSWER-anatomical area temperature
readings?
- digital
used by sliding probe across patients forehead
{temple *forehead} - ANSWER-anatomical area temperature readings?
- temporal
used by placing probe in the ear
{when crazy people panic they cover their ears} - ANSWER-anatomical area
temperature readings?
- tympanic
95-100% - ANSWER-Sp02/oximeter normal range
reposition probe and recheck - ANSWER-steps the ma takes if sp02 is abnormally low
largest vein in the body
(vena/vain, cava/cave)
{cave is large vena rhymes with vain} - ANSWER-vena cava ?
largest artery in the body - ANSWER-aorta?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
lithotomy - ANSWER-colposcopy
sims - ANSWER-colonoscopy
supine/recumbent - ANSWER-ECG
semi-fowlers
{pregnant woman are semi full of hunger} - ANSWER-pregnant/w chest pain for ECG
lithotomy - ANSWER-pap smear
fowlers - ANSWER-spirometry testing
sitting at a 45- degree angle
{semi ? half} - ANSWER-semi-fowlers degree angle
sitting at a 90-degree angle
{full *90} - ANSWER-full-fowlers degree angle
laying on back with legs in stirrup's - ANSWER-describe lithotomy
laying flat on back with feet elevated
(AKA - shock position) - ANSWER-describe trendelenburg
flat on stomach
{babies are prone to lay on their tummy's} - ANSWER-describe prone
flat on back - ANSWER-describe supine (recumbent)
left side with right hip or knee bent up - ANSWER-describe sims
120/80 - ANSWER-normal range for blood pressure
140/90 - ANSWER-borderline high blood pressure
greater than 140/90 - ANSWER-hypertension
brachial - ANSWER-what artery is utilized for blood pressure?
, Rt mastectomy - Left brachial artery
Lt mastectomy - Right brachial artery - ANSWER-where to take blood pressure on a
patient with mastectomy ?
thigh or brachial artery with physicians order - ANSWER-bilateral mastectomy
retake the blood pressure and notify physician - ANSWER-what steps for ma to follow
when blood pressure is abnormal?
60-100 bpm - ANSWER-normal pulse range for adults
bilaterally on the neck - ANSWER-locate, carotid ?
inner side of the upper arm (used for infants) - ANSWER-locate, brachial
radial (thumb side of the wrist) - ANSWER-what artery is utilized for taking a pulse in an
adult?
carotid - ANSWER-what artery is utilized in an emergency/cpr?
oral , allowing results in a few seconds - ANSWER-anatomical area temperature
readings?
- digital
used by sliding probe across patients forehead
{temple *forehead} - ANSWER-anatomical area temperature readings?
- temporal
used by placing probe in the ear
{when crazy people panic they cover their ears} - ANSWER-anatomical area
temperature readings?
- tympanic
95-100% - ANSWER-Sp02/oximeter normal range
reposition probe and recheck - ANSWER-steps the ma takes if sp02 is abnormally low
largest vein in the body
(vena/vain, cava/cave)
{cave is large vena rhymes with vain} - ANSWER-vena cava ?
largest artery in the body - ANSWER-aorta?
