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20 Cards in this Set
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Chief complaint |
Main reason pt is visiting |
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Emergent |
Sudden |
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Objective |
Physical evidence, vitals, lab results etc. |
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Subjective |
How the pt feels or what they say |
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Triage |
Sort to find out most important complaint or injury |
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Quality assurance |
Systematic monitoring and evaluation to ensure that standards of quality are being met |
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Quality control |
Process that assesses testing technique and reagents |
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Waived |
Simple and accurate tests that pts and cmas can do |
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Culture |
A test to find germs that can cause infection |
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Glucose |
A simple sugar |
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Hemolysis |
Breaking down of rbcs |
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Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) |
A hormone produced in pregnancy |
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Ketone |
By product of incomplete fat metabolism |
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Physical |
What you see or smell, color, odor, blood etc. |
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Protein |
key to regulating the osmotic pressure of blood |
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Sensitivity |
Tests organisms against antibiotics for sensitivity to determine which is best to kill infected organism |
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Specific gravity |
a measure of the concentration of solutes in the urine. |
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Sputum |
Saliva and mucus coughed up from bronchi |
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Urinalysis |
Test on urine to determine characteristics |
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Urobilinogen |
a colorless compound formed in the intestines by the reduction of bilirubin |
