Day in the life of a scribe

Question 1

My proivder is my _______

Answer 1

Partner

Question 2

Vital Signs

Answer 2

They give a quick look at a patient current health

Question 3

What are the different types of vital signs?

Answer 3

1. Heart Rate
2. Respiratory rate
3. Blood pressure
4. Body Temp.
5. Oxygen Saturation

Question 4

What is the heart rate?

Answer 4

Its the pulse basically it measure the number of times a person heart beats per min (bpm)

Question 5

What is the range for heart rate for an adult?

Answer 5

Between 60-100bpm

Question 6

What does tachycardic mean?

Answer 6

Heart rate above 100 bpm

Question 7

What does Bradycardic mean?

Answer 7

Heart rate is below 60bpm

Question 8

What is the average range for the systolic number?

Answer 8

From 90 too 140

Question 9

What is blood pressure?

Answer 9

Measures the pressure your heart pumps out blood

Question 10

What does Hypertensive mean?

Answer 10

Means high blood pressure

Question 11

What does Hypotensive mean?

Answer 11

Mean low blood pressure

Question 12

Whats the average blood pressure for adults

Answer 12

120/80

Question 13

120/80 whats the top number and the bottom number?

Answer 13

The top number is the systolic number and the bottm number is the diastolic number

Question 14

What is the respiratory rate?

Answer 14

Measures the rate of a person breathing (breaths per min)

Question 15

What is the average range for the distolic number?

Answer 15

From 60-90

Question 16

What is body temp?

Answer 16

Measurement of your body’s ability to get rid of heat

Question 17

What is the normal body temp?

Answer 17

98.6℉

Question 18

A fever is anything from what?

Answer 18

From 100.4℉ and up

Question 19

What is oxygen saturation?

Answer 19

Measures how much of our blood is oxygen

Question 20

What is the normal range for oxygen saturation?

Answer 20

95% to 100%

Question 21

What is the normal heart rate for babies ?

Answer 21

Between 120 - 160bpm

Question 22

When is a baby heart rate tachycardic?

Answer 22

When its above 160 bpm

Question 23

When is a baby heart rate bradycardic?

Answer 23

When its below 120bpm

Question 24

Whats the normal respiratory rate for adults?

Answer 24

12-20 breaths per min

Question 25

When is an adult tachypenic?

Answer 25

When there repsiratory rat eis above 20

Question 26

When is an adult bradypnea?

Answer 26

When their respiatory rate is below 12

Question 27

What is the normal respiratory for babies?

Answer 27

30-50 breaths per min

Question 28

When is a baby Tachypneic?

Answer 28

When its above 50

Question 29

When is a baby bradypnea?

Answer 29

When its below 30

Question 30

What the normal blood pressure range for adults?

Answer 30

90/ 60 - 140/90

Question 31

When is an adult hypertensive?

Answer 31

When their blood pressure is above 140/90

Question 32

When is an adult hypotensive?

Answer 32

When its below 90/60

Question 33

For baby blood pressure what number do we look at?

Answer 33

The systolic number (top number)

Question 34

Whats the normal systolic (blood pressure) for babies?

Answer 34

50- 120

Question 35

When is a baby hypertensive?

Answer 35

When blood pressure is 120

Question 36

When is a baby Hypotensive?

Answer 36

When blood pressure is below 50

Question 37

Whats the normal body temp for babies and adults?

Answer 37

98.6℉

Question 38

Afebrile means what?

Answer 38

Means you dont have a fever (Body temp 98.6℉)

Question 39

What does febrile mean?

Answer 39

Means that you have a fever (Body temp higher than 100.4 ℉)

Question 40

What does hypothermic mean?

Answer 40

Means you have a low body temp (less than 98.6℉)

Question 41

Whats the normal oxygen saturation level for adults & babies?

Answer 41

95% - 100%

Question 42

Whats the term for low oxygen saturation that is less than 95%?

Answer 42

Hypoxic

Question 43

What are the different type of healthcare settings?

Answer 43

1. Outpatient office 2. Emergency department 3. impatient - hospitalist 4. Urgent Care

Question 44

What is Urgent Care?

Answer 44

Its like a mini ER that used for something that cant wait for a appointment but its not life or death

Question 45

What is an emergency?

Answer 45

When someone is unresponsive or any organs has failed showing life threatening illness

Question 46

Who is part of the team?

Answer 46

1. The provide 2. Advance pratice provider 3. Nurses or medical assistants 4. Technicans 5. Scribe

Question 47

In medical termology what does the prefix represent and what does the suffix represent?

Answer 47

Prefix - refers to an organ & suffix - refers to whats wrongs (Ex Pancreaitis - means inflammation in the pancreas)

Question 48

What are the common prefixes?

Answer 48

1. Tachy - means fast 2. Brady - means slow 3. Hyper - means too much/ overactive 4. Hypo - means too little/ underactive

Question 49

What are the common suffixes?

Answer 49

1. itis - means inflammation or infection 2. osis - disease of something 3. ectomy - surgical removal of something 4. otomy - hole or opening

Question 50

What are the two parts a medical chart is broken into?

Answer 50

1. Subjective 2. Objective

Question 51

What is subjective?

Answer 51

Its what the pateint tells us

Question 52

What is objective?

Answer 52

Its what the doctor tells us

Question 53

What is pain considered and what is tenderness consider as?

Answer 53

Pain is consider as subjective and tenderness is consider as objective

Question 54

What are the different types of histories?

Answer 54

1. Medical History 2. Family History 3. Social History

Question 55

What in the medical history?

Answer 55

It includes: 1. Any prior medical problems like chronic problems 2. Past surgeries 3. Allergies to medications

Question 56

What are the true systoms for an allergic reation?

Answer 56

1. Rash 2. Shortness of breath 3. Ititchiness & weezing

Question 57

Whats in the family history?

Answer 57

Its history that is only directly related to family members with a medical problem & includes all of the same medical histories ( direct family is like mom dad, etc & the younger someone is with an illness its mostly family relates)

Question 58

What is in the social history?

Answer 58

Its a history that notes the dialy habits of a person life which would include: 1. Alcohol use 2. Smoking or tobacco use 3. Ocupation 4. Living Status

Question 59

What is an adverse reaction?

Answer 59

Its a side affect from taking a medication ( Ex. having dry mouth after taking a pill)