Health Science: Lymphatic System

The lymphatic vessel that collects lymph from the left chest, abdomen and lower limbs is known as the:

• right lymphatic duct

• lymph node

• thoracic duct

• thymus gland

Which of the following statements about caring or a patient with AIDS is true?

• gowns and gloves should be worn when contact with blood or body fluids is likely

• gowns and gloves should never be worn

• gloves and gowns should be worn at all times

• gloves and gowns should be worn anytime you touch the patient

A home health aide would need to wear gloves if performing which of the following procedures?

• changing a non-sterile dressing

• measuring blood pressure

• helping a client out of bed

• serving a meal tray

Andy is a patient with AIDS who has no open sores. When giving Andy a backrub, what protective devices should the health care worker wear?

• Gloves

• Gowns

• Mask

• None

You have access to PPE and your friend had a bloody nose. You are going to help clean up the mess. What should you do FIRST?

• put on gloves

• wash your hands

• ask the friend if he/she is HIV positive

• spray the area with Lysol or ammonia

What is the single most effective way to prevent the spread of infection?

• staying home when you have any respiratory infection

• handwashing

• wearing gloves

• covering your mouth when you cough

Standard precautions are guidelines to be used when you expect to have contact with another person's

• skin

• clothes

• sweat

• blood

AIDS can be spread through:

• sharing eating utensils

• coughing

• sexual contact

• needle sharing

• both sexual contact and needle sharing

What conditions is it recommended that you wear a medical alert tag?

• Hodgkin's disease

• Mononucleosis

• Hypersensitivity to bee stings

• Post-tonsillectomy

Someone who is allergic to bees is stung by a bee and begins to experience breathing problems, facial swelling, headache, and a falling blood pressure. This type of reaction is called what?

• asthma

• lymphadenitis

• anaphylaxis

• acquired immunodeficiency syndrome