RADT 100 Exam 2 Questions and Answers 2024

RADT 100 Exam 2 Questions and Answers 2024 1. How to interact with patients who don't speak English, are deaf or blind, etc: use interpreter 2. grieving process: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance 3. comatose patients: they can hear us, they do need side rails, confused when awakened, unable to swallow 4. Ageism: a discriminatory attitude toward the elderly that includes a belief that all elderly are ill, disabled, worthless, and/or unattractive. 5. steps to be taken if you discover a fire: RACE Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Evacuate 6. fire prevention (Causes of fire): spontaneous combustion, open flames, ciga- rette smokers, electricity 7. classes of fire extinguishers: Class A: solid common combustibles like paper or wood Class B: flammable liquids or gasses Class C: electrical equipment or wiring Class D: certain combustible solids like metal alloys Class K: cooking media like oils and fats 8. oxygen safety: oxygen presence increases fire hazard. no smoking, no open flames, no ungrounded appliances. 9. body mechanics definition: principles of proper body alignment, movement, and balance 10. Proper body mechanics: Broad base of support Work at a comfortable height When lifting, bend your knees and keep back straight Keep your load well balanced and close to your body Roll or push a heavy object 11. Cycle of infection: Infectious organism Reservoir of infection Portal of exit Susceptible host Portal of entry Means of transporting the organism for the reservoir to the person 12. definition of reservoir: place where a disease-causing bacteria lives 13. Definition of Vehicle: any medium that transports microorganisms 14. definition of fomite: an object that has been in contact with pathogenic organ- isms 15. definition of vector: arthropod in whose body an infectious organism develops or multiplies before becoming infectious to a new host 16. virulence factors: Distinguishes pathogenic organisms from nonpathogenic ones They let bacteria destroy or damage host cells and resist destruction by the host's cellular defenses Assist pathogen to avoid recognition by the host cell and resist destruction by white blood cells 17. direct contact vs indirect contact: direct contact: transmission mode that requires the host is touched by an infected person indirect contact: contamination through surface or object 18. airborne transmission: occurs from dust that has spores or droplet nuclei 19. droplet transmission: when an infected coughs, sneezes, speaks or sings in the vicinity of a susceptible host 20. types of immunity: Natural resistance Acquired immunity Passive immunity 21. pediatric imaging recommendations, age classifications: neonate and infant birth to one year toddler (1-2) preschooler (3-5) school age (6-12) adolescent (13- 18)