| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Intake and output | I&O; to determine if urine specimens are being kept and measured |
| Inspection | Visual examination; eyeballing, your overview of patient, any changes in patient status |
| Palpation | Use of fingers; hot/dry skin (fever), wet palms (apprehension) |
| Auscultation | Listening for sounds; usually done with a stethoscope |
| Infiltration/extravasation | IV fluid is going outside of vein (red and sore) |
| Syncope | Patient becomes faint; caused by low or loss of perfusion to the brain |
| Orthostatic hypotension | Decrease in BP when patient assumes an erect position |
| Cyanotic | Nail beds, lips become bluish; lack of oxygen to patient |
| Discontinue | DC |
| Pulse oximeter | Continuously monitors pulse rate and blood oxygen levels; finger, toe, earlobe |
| Arterial catheters | Monitors cardiac activity |
| Electrocardiogram | ECG or EKG; records heart rate and rhythm; often removed from monitor to come to x-ray, however, patches are still on chest |
| ECG stress test | Compares resting heart rates with those obtained under stress; Used to evaluate cardiac ischemia; Exercise usually performed on a treadmill |
| Electroencephalography | EEG; monitor electrical activity of the brain |
| Utilitarianism | States that the "rightness" of an action is measured by its consequences; e.g. rightness of saving a life outweighs the "wrongness" of stealing |
| Deontology | States that duty or moral obligation is based on rules and order; e.g. society needs rules and if we start making exceptions, chaos would break out |
| Autonomy | "Each person is entitled to determine his own destiny"; patient may have different feelings regarding an xray procedure that conflicts with his physician; we must act as an advocate for the patient |
| Beneficence | "To remove and prevent harm; to do and promote good"; requires action to remove harm |
| Justice | "To be treated according to what is due, fair, or owed"; all patients are entitled to the same care |
| Paternalism | "To treat a person in the same manner that a parent treats a child"; we know what is best for the patient, but we also need inclusive and respectful communication with our patient |
| Fidelity | "To be faithful to the patient's reasonable expectations" |
| Non maleficence | "To do no harm"; enforces our responsibility as radiologic technologists to safely and correctly use radiation as well as provide excellent patient care |
| Intentional misconduct | Tort action brought against a health care professional because of some action deliberately done; e.g. assault, battery, false imprisonment, defamation, invasion of privacy |
| Unintentional misconduct | Breach or failure to fulfill the expected standards of conduct (negligence); 4 elements that MUST be present: duty, dereliction, direct cause, damage |
| Res Ipsa Loquitur | "The thing speaks for itself"; describes how a patient, through no fault of his own, was injured while in the care of another |
| Respondeat Superior | "Let the master answer"; states that the physician or the health care facility can also be held responsible for the negligent acts of its employees |
| Good Samaritan Law | Established to offer legal immunity in emergency situations |
| Medical malpractice | Dereliction of professional duty or failure to exercise an acceptable degree of professional skill resulting in injury loss or damage |
Combine with other sets
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