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40 Cards in this Set
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Injuries cost how much to treat annually?
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100 billion
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The nations healthcare goals are stated in a document titled what?
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Healthy People 2010
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(I can't understand what he is saying) lifestyle not using seatbelts, smoking, alcohol, and diet play a direct role in what percentage of the leading cause of deaths?
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70.0%
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Chronic diseases consume what percent of healthcare resources?
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80%
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Aproximately 33% of the average American's lifetime health spending occurs when?
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The last year of life
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The latest medical technology will add what percent per day to the patient's hospital bill?
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50%
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What percent of the gross domestic product of the US is spent on healthcare?
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15%
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The US spends more than what amount on healthcare annually?
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1 trillion dollars (1 with 12 zeros behind it)
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By the year 2025 half of all older Americans will be over what age?
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75 years old
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How many older adults are permanant residents of healthcare institutions?
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over 3 million
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The organization that requires proof of continuing education is the?
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ARRT
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The evaluation of continuing education was first guided in 1978 by the what?
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ASRT
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Mandatory continuing education benefits Rad Techs by doing what?
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Improving our ability to provide quality patient care
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Registry review sessions may be acceptable for CE credits provided that what?
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Registry reviews are never accepted for CE credits
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CE credits are given for courses provided that what?
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They have been approved by the RCEM
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Newly registered techs are given ____ years to accumulate credits.
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2
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Registered technologists must show evidence of continuing education how often?
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bi-anually
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Mandatory education was instituted for all of the following reasons except?
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Reinforce cultural and ethcal status
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Continuing education became mandatory for all RT registrants in what year?
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1995
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Careers in radiation health physics require what?
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post graduate education
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Post graduate education is required for all of the following careers accept what?
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Radiographer
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The radiation safety officer health physicist is ceritifed by whom?
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The Board of Health Physicist
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A career as a Program Director in Rad Tech education requires all of the following accept what?
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Civic and community activities
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Educators in Radiologic Technology must have expertise in what?
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all of the above
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The first formal x-ray tech training in the US was developed by who?
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Eddie C. German
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The first war time x-ray techs were trained in Europe during WWI by who?
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Marie Curie
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The ideal radiology administrator will have expertise in what?
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radiologic technique and management
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The advantage of taking off campus university courses is what?
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The student can continue to work
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Promotions in radiologic technology are usually based on what?
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all of the above
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The examination of breast tissue is a specialty because why?
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all of the above
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The initials RTRCV refer to what?
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Cardiovascular Special Procedures
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What specialty is contrast medium most often used in besides radiography?
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CT or special procedures
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A specialty using sound waves in the diagnosis of disease is what?
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ultrasound
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What is the credintialling agency for ultrasound?
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The American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
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MRI is a specialty used for the study of what?
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spinal cord
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Which modality would be most likely involved in the imaging of pregnant women?
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ultrasound
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Which specialty would most likely be involved in the treatment of diseases?
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radiation therapy
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Ultrasound is most likely used for what?
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Soft tissue imaging
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One advantage of MRI imaging over CT is what?
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no radiation
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Nuclear medicine is useful in what?
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treatment and diagnosis of disease
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