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What is a standby assist lift? |
you are simply stand by. patient can move on own |
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What type of lift? patient can move on own |
stand by assist |
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What is the assisted standing pivot |
using transfer belt |
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what type of lift uses the transfer belt? |
assisted standing pivot |
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what is the two person lift? |
patient needs 100% help moving one person, stronger, is the lead and grabs torso. second person guides legs/feet |
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what type of lift does the patient need 100% help moving and needs 2 people? |
two person lift |
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what is a hydraulic lift? |
patient is too heavy to manually move 4 wheels, no brakes |
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What type of lift is used when the patient is too heavy to move manually |
hydraulic lift |
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What needs to be done for a cart transfer? |
position cart parallel to xray table same height patient stronger side towards table 3 people neeeded have patient do as much as they can and if they cant use sheet, sliding board, etc |
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what are the 4 types of wheelchair transfers? |
standby assist assisted standing pivot two person lift hydraulic lift |
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What does accreditation mean? |
voluntary process. school is recognized for meeting criteria/standards
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who accredites WTC? |
joint review committee on education in radiologic technology (JRCERT)
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What does certification mean |
voluntary process looks at students individually must take exam |
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what does ARRT stand for? |
american registry of radiologic technologist |
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When was ARRT founded? |
1922 |
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What is an individual granted after taking and passing exam |
the right to use professional title RT (R) registered techniologist radiographer |
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What must be done to maintain the ARRT certification? |
annual fee continuing education .. 24 hours every 2 years |
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How many states require the state licensure |
more than 35 |
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What steps must be followed for critical thinking? |
identify and/or clarify problem investigate the problem formulate viable solutions to the problem select the solution with the best outcome for the patient |
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History taking: objective vs subjective. whats the difference? |
objective - use of an object to get data ... lab test = needle signs that can be seen, heard, felt subjective - only pertains to patient things only patient knows .. pain
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What is the chief complaint? |
primary medical problem why they are here |
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What are the sacred seven? |
localization chronology quality severity onset aggravating or alleviating factors associated manifestation
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What question must be asked with localization? |
where is the pain |
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Question: chronology |
time, how long ago did this happen
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question: quality |
describes the character of the symptoms. acute? chronic?
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Question: severity |
intensity scale 1 to 10 |
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Question: onset |
what were you doing when it started?
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Question: aggravating or alleviating factors |
worse? better? symptoms |
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Question: assosicated manifestation |
any other info beyond chief complaint |
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what are the 3 cardinal rules? |
time distance shielding |
