Chapter 1: The Responder

Question 1

What four components must be present for a lawsuit charging negligence to be successful?

Answer 1

1. Duty of care
2. Breach of duty
3. Cause of harm to what someone did or failed to do
4. Damaged caused

Question 2

What does the following combining form mean?

Cardi/o-

Answer 2

Heart, cardiac

Question 3

What does the following combining form mean?

Neur/o-

Answer 3

Nerve, neural

Question 4

What does the following combining form mean?

Oro-

Answer 4

Mouth

Question 5

What does the following combining form mean?

Arteri/o-

Answer 5

Artery, arterial

Question 6

What does the following combining form mean?

Hem/o-

Answer 6

Blood

Question 7

What does the following combining form mean?

Therm/o-

Answer 7

Heat

Question 8

What does the following combining form mean?

Vas/o-

Answer 8

Duct, vessel, vascular

Question 9

What does the following prefix means?

A-

Answer 9

Without, no

Question 10

What does the following prefix means?

Hyper-

Answer 10

Excessive, above, over, beyond

Question 11

What does the following prefix means?

Hypo-

Answer 11

Less than normal, under

Question 12

What does the following prefix means?

Tachy-

Answer 12

Fast, swift, rapid, accelerated

Question 13

What does the following prefix means?

Brady-

Answer 13

Slow, dull

Question 14

All documentation should be:
a. Perfectly handwritten, accurate, and without
error
b. Bulleted, with the diagnosis clearly indicated
c. Legible, professional, and complete
d. Typed, on time, and signed by the patient

Answer 14

Legible, professional, and complete

Question 15

Critical incident stress management is a process meant solely for emergency responders who have had to deal with a high-stress incident. T or F

Answer 15

F