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What is required for all instruments or supplies that will penetrate a patient's skin or come in contact with any other normally sterile areas of the body?
What is Sterilization?
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What is the primary pacemaker of the heart?
What is the SA Node?
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What is the most common cause of cardiac arrest, during which the heart's rhythm becomes chaotic and the heart does not pump blood?
What is Ventricular Fibrillation?
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What is an expected result of thermotherapy?
What is Reduction of Muscle Spasms?
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What is the gait used when a patient cannot bear weight on one leg but can bear full weight on the unaffected leg?
What is Three-Point (Gait)?
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What is the initial phase of wound healing, in which bleeding is reduced as blood vessels in the affected area constrict?
What is Inflammatory?
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What are the peaks and valleys of the electrical impulses responsible for the cardiac cycle called?
What are Deflections?
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What is the first thing you should do in a patient emergency?
What is Assess the Situation and Surroundings?
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What are exercises in which the patient relaxes and then contracts the muscles of a body part?
What are Isometric Exercises?
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What is one example of a mobility aid that has a lightweight aluminum frame with one open side and four adjustable, rubber-tipped legs?
What is a Walker?
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What is the method that uses extreme cold to destroy unwanted tissue?
What is Cryosurgery?
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What is the instrument called that measures and displays the electrical impulses responsible for the cardiac cycle?
What is an Electrocardiograph?
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What are Incomplete Fractures?
What is 'Go Through Only Part of the Bone'?
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What is the appropriate care for a spider bite?
What is Apply a Cold Compress and Elevate the Area?
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What two-crutch gaits are often required for patients with severe disabilities, such as leg paralysis or deformity?
What is Swing-To & Swing-Through?
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What is a procedure that occurs during surgery known as?
What is Intraoperative?
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What is the test called that measures breathing capacity?
What is Spirometry?
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What are 5 of the 7 Symptoms of Inhaled Poison?
What are Headache, Tinnitus, Angina, Shortness of Breath, Muscle Weakness, Nausea, and Dizziness?
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What is the pulling or stretching of the musculoskeletal system to treat fractured bones and dislocated, arthritic, or other diseased joint called?
What is Traction?
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What is the device used to test a patient's range of motion?
What is a goniometer?
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What is the condition that puts a patient at risk for wound-healing problems?
What is Diabetes Mellitus?
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What is the assessment used to assess the electrical activity of a patient's heart over a 24 hour period called?
What is Holter Monitoring?
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What is the name of the fracture that occurs most often in children due to the soft and pliable nature of their bones?
What is Greenstick?
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What is the diathermy called in which radio waves travel through the body between two condenser plates?
What is Shortwave (diathermy)?
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What is this sequence: both crutches and the weaker leg move forward simultaneously; then the stronger extremity is moved forward while placing most of the body weight on the arms?
What is the 3-Point Alternate Crutch Gait?
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