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Flow Loop - Mud tanks > Mud pumps > shock hose > mud line > stand pipe > swivel > drill string > bit > annulus > flow line > shaker > mud tanks annular preventer - Upper most portion of the BOP stack It will close around and seal anything in the well bore, regardless of shape or size Blind Rams - Located below the annular preventer Only activated when the drill string is out of the hole When activated, two steel plates with a rubber seal come together to se...

Steve- individual markets exist outside of ACA - not bound by ACA to abide by regulations essential health benefits not applicable to large preventative do apply to preventative Employees - - qualify if less than 9.86% of household income - can go to individual marketplace Kaiser family foundation - - - exempt as a small business - have to purchase small business insurance--marketplace for small business is there can get access to subsidies - reality they are not being incentivized. ...

Reasons for market failures - Imperfect information Concentration of market power Consumption of public goods Presence of externalities Market failure: public goods - Non-rival: more than one person can enjoy them simultaneously Nonexclusive: impossible or too costly to exclude individuals from enjoying the good Consumption of public goods leads to free riders Market failure: externalities - Positive or negative impact when one person's actions create a benefit of imposing a cost on ot...

prescription drug doughnut hole - Correct gap in prescription drug coverage between a limit for coverage and catastrophic coverage T/F Medicare Advantage offers less choice in provider than traditional medicare - Correct true because medicare advantage is similar to managed care-- there is a preferred or required network of providers where you can receive care, traditional medicare is fee-for-service from any medicare provider prospective payment - Correct A method of reimbursement based o...

T/F: health disparities reflect fundamental decisions about how society is structured - Correct TRUE! disparities in health status and care can be determined by social conditions and environments that create inequalities What are the 2 broad categories of health disparities? - Correct 1. Health STATUS disparities 2. Health CARE disparities (encompasses health care access, quality and outcomes) what does the term "health STATUS disparity" mean? - Correct - differences in health status t...

What is population health? - It embraces the health of an entire geographic community. Health outcomes of individuals, and the distribution of those outcomes. What is public health? - It can be population health, but is related to a specific area and the role of a government entity to address the populations needs. What is Public Health 1.0? - It is in the late 1800s-starting to know more about medicine, but VERY limited access to care What is Public Health 2.0? - It is around 1988- when w...

medicaid structure - Correct federal state partnership medicaid entitlement - Correct two guarantees: first, all Americans who meet Medicaid eligibility requirements are guaranteed coverage and second, states are guaranteed federal matching dollars without a cap for qualified services provided to eligile enrollees Original 1965 Medicaid Law - Correct Medicaid eligibility was tied to cash assistance (either Aid to Families with Dependent Children or Federal Supplemental Security Income sta...

Describe population health as a driving health system comprising health care, public health, and related social services: - Refers to the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group It includes health outcomes, patterns of health determinants, and policies & interventions that link these two Describe the need for intersectional work to advance health, with a particular emphasis on the role of public health: - PH encompasses popula...

All of the following sanctions can apply when one breaks a law EXCEPT: (reparations or fines) (incarceration) (licensure suspension) (professional censure) - Professional censure What simple question does ethics try to answer? - How should we act? What ethical issue has recently become a significant concern for RTs and all health care providers due to a congressional act? - patient's right to privacy In most professions, specific guidance in resolving ethical dilemmas is provided by wh...

A ______ ____ is the low resistance pathway to Zero voltage. - ground wire _______ completes circuit by neutral ground taking current to ________ wire. - neutral ground _________ or _________ provide written statements of occurrences pertaining to patient - medical records or charts __________ is directly related to voltage, and inversely related to the resistance of an object. - current ____________ is the power behind electrical energy. - voltage

What are the elements of respiratory care department? - Medical director respiratory therapists technical director Medical directors and their roles - - usually a pulmonary / critical care physician or anesthesiologist -He owns a full time responsibility, and should be available on 24 hour basis for consultation. -Must have medical as well as administrative skills. - Department can have autonomy under the supervision of medical director. -They can educate other people like doctors and n...

aerosol medications - Any medication that is delivered by aerosol via the respiratory tract airway management - The process of insuring that the upper airway is free of foreign substances and patent to gas flow American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) - Founded in 1947 in Chicago, the Inhalational Therapy Association (ITA) was the first professional association for the field of respiratory care. In 1982 it became the AARC. Their mission is to "encourage and promote professional e...

RC in Ancient Times - Cultures developed herbal remedies to combat disease Respiratory Care (Definition) - Health discipline specializing in the promotion of optimal cardiopulmonary health Respiratory Therapists - Practitioners of respiratory care focused on identifying, preventing and treating dysfunction of the cardiopulmonary system Hippocrates - 4th century BC Greek physician/ father of medicine. Called for physicians to follow ethical principles. Stated that air contains an essential ...

Who is the father of medicine? - Hippocrates Who is credited with the discovery of oxygen? - Joseph Priestley Who created the germ theory? - Louis Pasteur Who described the law of partial pressures in a gas mixture? - John Dalton Who described the relationship between gas pressure and temperatures? - Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac Who described the relationship between gas volume and temperatures? - Jacques Charles What did William Roentgen discover? - X-Rays What does Karl von Linde contribut...

Breath initiated by the ventilator - mandatory breath causes a breath to end - cycle variable manipulated by machine to cause inspiration - Control variable controls the magnitude of inspiration - Limit variable combination of machine and spontaneous breaths - intermittent mandatory ventilation machine breaths only—no spontaneous - CMV spontaneous breaths only- no machine breaths - CSV causes a breath to begin - Trigger variable breath initiated and ended by the patient - spontaneous ...

To safely and effectively initiate and manage a mechanical vent, an RT must be able to: - Ventilator design, classification, & operation Appropriate clinical application of ventilatory modes Physiologic effects of mechanical ventilation & pulm. mechanics Four basic functions: - input power power transmission and conversion control system output (pressure, volume and flow waveforms) The power source for a vent comes from: - Electrical energy (energy= volts * amperes * time) Compressed g...

states of matter - three primary states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas Solids - "Solids have a fixed volume and shape. The molecules that make up the solid have the shortest distance to travel until they collide with one another. This motion has been referred to as a "jiggle." Solids have a high degree of internal order; their atoms or molecules are limited to back-and-forth motion about a central position, as if held together by springs (see Figure 6-1, A). Solids maintain their shap...

Which of the following statements correctly describe gases? 1. Gases exhibit the phenomenon of flow. 2. Molecular forces of attraction are minimal. 3. Gases are difficult to compress. 4. Gases expand to fill their container. - 1, 2, and 4 only A patient has a recorded body temperature of 106° F. What is this temperature in degrees Celsius? - 41° C A near drowning patient has a recorded body temperature of 30° C. What is the equivalent temperature in degrees Fahrenheit? - 86° F What ...

The term "framework" rather than model is used to describe the problem-management process because the term ____. - framework reflects a systematic but flexible, nonlinear approach Egan reworked two stages of change models by Yankelovich and Prochaska and colleagues that serve to describe a client's readiness to change. Which of the following is not a part of this combined model? - rehearsal The Skilled Helper approach to helping, as developed by Egan, is all about helping ____. - A. cl...

All of the following sanctions can apply when one breaks a law EXCEPT: (reparations or fines) (incarceration) (licensure suspension) (professional censure) - Professional censure What simple question does ethics try to answer? - How should we act? What ethical issue has recently become a significant concern for RTs and all health care providers due to a congressional act? - patient's right to privacy In most professions, specific guidance in resolving ethical dilemmas is provided by wh...