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ARRT EXAM

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1. Symptoms of Anaphalatic shock? name 4.: - Dyspnea

• dysphagia

• hypotension

• cardiopulmonary arrest

2. difficulty breathing: Dyspnea

3. difficulty swallowing: dysphagia

4. Breathless, pulse-less, unconscious: cardiopulmonary arrest

5. bluish cast to the skin and mucous membranes: cysnosis

6. hives: urticaria

• a feeling or a sensory response (such as flashing lights, tasting metal, or smelling coffee)

that precedes an episode such as a seizure or a migraine headache.: aura

8. dizziness: vertigo

9. Nosebleeds: Epistaxis

• - *Temporary* blindness in 1 eye, dysphasia, aphasia, hemispheres: TIA (transient

ischemic attack)

11. defined as leakage and scattered radiation: Secondary radiation

• - Sudden loss of consciousness, one sided paralysis, thrombus formation, cool, sweaty skin:

CVA- Cerebrovascular accident *AKA* Stroke

13. What the pt feels: Subjective

14. What the radiographer sees; lump, cough, elevated bp: Objective

15. Involves touch: Direct Contact

• - Airborne

• Formites 1 / 3

- Vector: Indirect Contact

• infection transmitted from a health care worker to a patient.(physician intervention):

Iatrogenic infection

• ASD; a hole in the atrial septum that causes blood in the RA and LA to mix: atrial septal

defect

• large hole between two ventricles lets venous blood pass from the right to the left ventricle

and out to the aorta without oxygenation: ventricular septal defect

• passageway between the aorta and the pulmonary artery remains open after birth: patent

ductus arteriosus

21. congenital cardiac condition characterized by a narrowing of the aorta: -

coarctation of the aorta

22. Objects that carry infection, such as clothes, IV poles, doorknobs: Formite

23. vomiting blood: hematemesis

24. coughing up blood: hemoptysis

25. blood in the urine: hematuria

26. Blocking of a pulmonary artery due to a blood clot: pulmonary embolism

27. air in the pleural cavity caused by a puncture of the lung or chest wall: -

pneumothorax

• chest pain that results when the heart does not get enough oxygen: angina pectoris
• Ex: living will, health care proxy , designated surrogate: Advance directive
• Pts have the ability to review or access their health care info: Bill of rights
• - Are set by the *ASRT*

• These standards *define the legal role* to the radiographer and identify clinical , quality, and

professional standard of practice: Practice standards

• - Civil injustice , misconduct, or injury

• Can be intentional or unintentional (negligant)

• Ex: false imprisonment, assault, battery, defamation, invasion of privacy: Tort 2 / 3

• refers to decisions and actions made to bring about good, ie, to benefit the patient:

Beneficence (Definition)

• "do no harm"-refers to the prevention of harm to the patient: Nonmaleficence (definition)
• refers to the right of every individual to act with personal self-reliance.: autonomy

36. truthfulness, honesty: veracity

37. faithfulness; loyalty: fidelity

• revealing personal information about an individual without his or her consent: invasion of

privacy

39. crystalline material lacking typical crystalline structure.: amorphous

40. Better resolution is obtained with: SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) increased

• restraining an individual or restricting an individual's freedom: False Im- prisonment

42. respondeat superior: Let the master answer

43. res judicata: a thing or matter settled by justice

• A Latin phrase meaning "let the decision stand." Most cases reaching appellate courts are

settled on this principle.: stare decisis

• Which of the following represents the image acquisition contrast resolu- tion?: bit depth

46. collapsed lung: Atelectasis

• describes the system's ability to display signal contrast as a function of spatial resolution:

Modulation transfer function or MTF

48. Which of the following possesses the widest dynamic range?: CR

• describes the overall efficiency of converting x-ray signals into a useful image: Detective

quantum efficiency or DQE

50. An emetic is used to: induce vomiting

• Which of the following is used in digital fluoroscopy, replacing the image intensifier's

television camera tube?: Charge-coupled device

• The ARRT Rules of Ethics are: mandatory and minimally acceptable stan- dards.
• defines a circumstance in which both the health care provider's and the patient's actions

contributed to an injurious outcome.: Contributory Negligence

• an action committed with extreme reckless disregard for the property or life of another

person: gross negligence

• a doctrine under which hospitals may be held liable in their own right: cor- porate

negligence

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