Intro to Healthcare Comprehensive

Once you shower and dress for your interview, why should you avoid riding in a car with someone who is smoking?

• The interviewer will think you are lying when you say you do not smoke.

• Your clothes will have an odor of cigarette smoke.

• The ashes could get on your clothes and ruin your appearance.

• Breathing in smoke will give you a sore throat.

Which of the following is an example of non-verbal communication?

• Hand gestures

• Conversation between two people

• telephone conversation

• Talking to best friend

An example of objective information that a paramedic would use to evaluate a trauma victim is:

• a deformed extremity

• complains of pain

• dizziness

• a headache

In the active listening model, who provides the initial message?

• Sender

• Protagonist

• Receiver

• Antagonist

Someone who has tachycardia is displaying a:

• fast heart rate

• slow heart rate

• low blood pressure

• high blood pressure

A dental assistant tears a glove when assisting a dentist with a patient who is HIV positive. What should the assistant do FIRST?

• Notify OSHA.

• Report the incident to the CDC.

• Remove the gloves and wash hands.

• Put on a new pair of gloves.

What is a non-profit organization which focuses on dignity, comfort and care of people in the last months to weeks of life.

• Hospice

• March of Dimes

• Verteran

• Long Term Care Facility

What is the largest source of health care coverage for low income families

• Medicaid

• Medicare

• Tricare

• Hospice

If a healthcare workers tries to imagine how her patient is feeling without feeling sorry for them, she is showing

• Empathy

• Sympathy

• Competence

• Tact

Darla is a medical office assistant and must take a heavy box from the floor to the storage room.  What is the best way for Darla to lift the box?

• Bend at the hips and knees with the back straight, get close to the box, and lift using the leg muscles.

• Keep one leg straight and bend the other to get close to the box, then lift while straightening the bent leg and bending the straight leg.

• Put a chair next to the box, kneel down, pick up the box and place it on the chair. Then stand and lift the box, holding it close to the chest.

• Bend at the waist to pick up the box, and then use the arm muscles to lift and bring the box close in to the body.