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What does an Audiologist do? - • Prevention of hearing loss (monitoring school/industries programs) • Identification of hearing loss (screening) • Evaluations (hearing and balance assessments) o Balance = vestibular system (semicircular canals) • Selecting and dispensing hearing aids • Habilitation & rehabilitation of H impaired (90% of the job) o Habilitation is educating/counseling those who are born deaf o Rehabilitation is educating/counseling those who became deaf Among ...

What two professions joined together to create the profession of audiology? - otologists and SLPs What is certification? - it is not a legal requirement, it means that audiologists who are members of ASHA must have a CCC in audiology to prove that they have a designated level of prep and have met continuing education requirements. What is licensure? - audiology is regulated through the licensure or registration in every state. consumer protection is goal, loss of licensure prohibits practic...

Audiology - The study of hearing What are the two main areas of Audiology? - diagnostics and management What is the role of an audiologist? - They are the primary service provider of hearing evaluation including hearing aid dispensing. They require a bachelors and doctoral degree. 4 year doctoral program, 3 years at the university, and 1 year externship. What is the role of an audiology assistant? - They are essentially an expansion of Audiometrist role. They perform basic hearing tests, r...

What is the smallest level of organization in the body that contains the body's genetic information? Select one: a. chemical b. cellular c. tissue d. organism - B. Cellular The cellular level includes the nucleus, an organelle that contains the body's genetic information. Which is an example of a normally occurring positive-feedback mechanism? Select one: a. elevated blood pressure during exercise b. increase in heart rate after blood loss c. decrease in blood pressure after blood l...

What is electrical Shock? - A sensation and muscular spasm when electric current passes through the body. What is a GFCI? - Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (automatically shut's off electrical flow in the event of an overload) TS Transformers - Open: T doesn't generate output V Short: could be partial which would then change number of coils so Ep would change or Es What is voltage - Potential of electric energy; pressure of electrons pushing away from each other. Current is defined as ...

what is not a primary factor in severity of an electric shock - the General Health of the victim what is the minimum AC current normally required to cause severe muscular contractions - 12 milliamps are capacitors circuit protection devices? - no what should you do first if someone has been shocked - remove the victim from the source what category includes electrical fires? - Class C what type of protection is worn when use of a tool produces Sparks and debris? - safety goggles what is th...

When something crashes in secondary survey, you... - GO BACK TO PRIAMRY SURVEY If the question says you do not have capabilities, you will most likely - PREPARE FOR AND DO NOT DELAY TRANSPORT How much blood can femur lose - 2L What is always going to be the shock type to pick - Hemorrhagic What are the classes of hemorrhagic shock - 0-15% is class 1 15-30 is class 2 30-40% is class 3 >40% is class 4 What is the EARLIEST predictor of shock at what class - Narrowed pulse pressure in ...

A 22-year-old man is hypotensive and tachycardic after a shotgun wound to the left shoulder. His blood pressure is initially 80/40 mm Hg. After initial fluid resuscitation his blood pressure increases to 122/84 mm Hg. His heart rate is now 100 beats per minute and his respiratory rate is 28 breaths per minute. A tube thoracostomy is performed for decreased left chest breath sounds with the return of a small amount of blood and no air leak. After chest tube insertion, the most appropriate nex...

A 22-year-old man is hypotensive and tachycardic after a shotgun wound to the left shoulder. His blood pressure is initially 80/40 mm Hg. After initial fluid resuscitation his blood pressure increases to 122/84 mm Hg. His heart rate is now 100 beats per minute and his respiratory rate is 28 breaths per minute. A tube thoracostomy is performed for decreased left chest breath sounds with the return of a small amount of blood and no air leak. After chest tube insertion, the most appropriate nex...

A 22-year-old man is hypotensive and tachycardic after a shotgun wound to the left shoulder. His blood pressure is initially 80/40 mm Hg. After initial fluid resuscitation his blood pressure increases to 122/84 mm Hg. His heart rate is now 100 beats per minute and his respiratory rate is 28 breaths per minute. A tube thoracostomy is performed for decreased left chest breath sounds with the return of a small amount of blood and no air leak. After chest tube insertion, the most appropriate nex...

A 22 year old man is hypotensive and tachycardic after a shotgun wound to the left shoulder. His blood after initial IV fluid resuscitation, a closed tube thoracostomy is performed for decreased left breath sounds - reexamine the chest A construction worker falls two stories from a building and sustains bilateral calcaneal fractures. In the emergency department, he is alert, vital signs are normal, and he is complaining of severe pain in both heels and his lower back. Lower extremity pulses...

Assessed first in trauma patient - Airway (*)Degree of burn that is characterized by bone involvement - Fourth Complications of head trauma - Intracerebral hematoma Extradural hematoma Brain abscess Most common cause of laryngotracheal stenosis - Trauma Intervention that can help prevent development of acute renal failure - Infusion of normal saline A 26-year-old male is resuscitated with blood transfusion after a motor vehicle collision that was complicated by a fractured pelvis. A fe...

Assessed first in trauma patient - Airway (*)Degree of burn that is characterized by bone involvement - Fourth Complications of head trauma - Intracerebral hematoma Extradural hematoma Brain abscess Most common cause of laryngotracheal stenosis - Trauma Intervention that can help prevent development of acute renal failure - Infusion of normal saline A 26-year-old male is resuscitated with blood transfusion after a motor vehicle collision that was complicated by a fractured pelvis. A fe...

The approach to trauma care typically begins with what? - notification that a trauma patient is arriving When preparing to receive a trauma patient, what should you keep in mind? - safe practice, safe care What does "Safe practice" mean when receiving trauma patients? - take into consideration the protection of the team (universal precautions/PPE/preparing equipment prior to patient arrival) What does "Safe care" mean when receiving trauma patients? - that the patient is going to the ri...

What are the first two qualities of the APEX job description? - Honesty and punctuality/dependability What are the Apex Top 20 Duties? Show where to find them. - Bathroom door, employee manual, RQ4 intranet, & clipboard Apex's goal is to be the ______ choice for customers. - best How much time is allowed for Facebook, personal email, etc? - none What are the three things we use to track store/personal performance? - scoreboards, team tracking, & CKC report, daily dashboard & whiteboard ...

Which of these is the best explanation of how a smooth round stone became smooth? A. continuous freezing and thawing B. volcanic action C. it fell off the side of a cliff D. it was in a stream for a long time - D. it was in a stream for a long time When a lobster grows a claw to replace one that was lost, the process is called A. restoration B. retraction C. regeneration D. reproduction -

Which of the follow statements must be true in order for ATP synthase to function properly - ph of intermembrane space must be lower than that of the outer membrane space(mitochondrial matrix). Which of the following is the most important product of the fermentation pathway in animal cells? - NAD+ Cellular respiration releases energy. In cellular respiration: - the chemical potential energy stored in organic molecules is converted to chemical energy that can be used to do the work of the ce...

Specifically in a cell where does Glycolysis occur? - Cytoplasm T/F The cell does not need ATP to survive. - False Where is carbon dioxide produced? - Mitochondrial matrix T/F The citric acid/Kreb's cycle breaks down carbohydrates into CO2. - True T/F FADH2 results as one of the products of the citric acid cycle. - True Specifically where in a cell does the citric acid/Kreb's cycle occur? - Mitochondrial Matrix Glycolysis requires the investment of two_________ in order to obtain a gross...

Actin Filaments are present in: - The cell's cortex Microtubules are present in: - The cell's interior Cytokinesis in plant and animal cells takes two forms: - Animal: Contractile Ring Formation Plant: Phragmoplast Formation An important checkpoint regulator is at the Gap 2/M-phase transition. Here, Cyclin B and cdkl1 activate and form MPF which becomes a _____ _____ and causes DNA to condense into _____. - Histone Kinase Chromosomes The _____ begins to be destroyed at the Metaphase of...

The association of ribosomes with _____ invaginations would support the _____ theory. - membrane, endomembrane After a cell is pancake shaped in a cell culture dish, the order of events that occurs as a cell walks is? - filapodia, lamellipodia, cell muscle, retraction fiber T/F It is presumed that the peroxisomes evolved in these primitive, proto-eukaryotes to remove oxygen, which was toxic to the primitive cells. - true T/F In an extant prokaryotic cell the outer boundary of life is the c...