Terminology for the test

Question 1

What does ACC stand for?

Answer 1

Accident Compensation Corporation

Question 2

What is A&E

Answer 2

Accident and Emergency

Question 3

What is beneficence?

Answer 3

Action to benefit others

Question 4

What does BPM stand for?

Answer 4

Beats per minute

Question 5

What is dyspnea?

Answer 5

Shortness of breath

Question 6

What is ED?

Answer 6

Emergency department

Question 7

What is autonomy?

Answer 7

Actions that respect the independence of others

Question 8

What is fidelity?

Answer 8

Acts that observe agreements or promises are right

Question 9

What does GCS stand for?

Answer 9

Glasgow Coma Scale. Scale to describe level of consciousness.

Question 10

GI stands for?

Answer 10

Gastrointestinal tract

Question 11

GP stands for?

Answer 11

General practitioner (doctor)

Question 12

HIS stands for?

Answer 12

Hospital Information System

Question 13

What is a contact tree?

Answer 13

Call tree - a layered hierarchical communication model

Question 14

DHB stands for?

Answer 14

District Health Board

Question 15

What does LITE stand for?

Answer 15

Load, Individual, Task, Environment - connected with manual handling

Question 16

What is a mass casualty?

Answer 16

An event that generates more patients at one time than locally available resources can manage using routine procedures

Question 17

PACS stands for?

Answer 17

Picture Archiving and Communication System

Question 18

What is a pandemic?

Answer 18

The wordwide spread of a new disease

Question 19

What is a patslide?

Answer 19

A special sheet of plastic used to transfer patients in hospitals from beds to trolleys and vice versa

Question 20

MOH stands for?

Answer 20

Ministry of Health

Question 21

NICU stands for?

Answer 21

Neonatal intensive care unit

Question 22

SCBU stands for?

Answer 22

Special Care Baby Unit

Question 23

OP stands for?

Answer 23

Out Patient

Question 24

RIS stands for?

Answer 24

Radiology Information System

Question 25

What is a needle stick injury?

Answer 25

Wounds cause by needles that accidently puncture the skin

Question 26

NM stands for?

Answer 26

Nuclear medicine

Question 27

What is non-maleficence?

Answer 27

Above all, do no harm

Question 28

What does Tapu mean?

Answer 28

Sacred, prohibited, restricted, forbidden

Question 29

What does Taonga mean?

Answer 29

A treasured possession (in Maori culture)

Question 30

US stands for?

Answer 30

Ultrasound

Question 31

TB stands for?

Answer 31

Tuberculosis (an infectious disease cause by MTB bacteria)

Question 32

What does veracity mean?

Answer 32

Being truthful is right

Question 33

What is a virus?

Answer 33

Infectious agent that is unable to grow or reproduce outside a host cell.

Question 34

What is Tachypnea?

Answer 34

Abnormally rapid breathing

Question 35

What is Tachycardia?

Answer 35

A fast heart rate (heartbeat more then 100 times per minute)

Question 36

NZIMRT stands for?

Answer 36

New Zealand Institute of Medical Radiation Technology

Question 37

NHI stands for?

Answer 37

National Health Index - unique identifier

Question 38

What is primary care?

Answer 38

The first level of contact with the health system (eg GPs)

Question 39

What is secondary care?

Answer 39

Services available only on referral from a primary care provider (eg hospital services)

Question 40

What does informed consent mean?

Answer 40

Permission granted in full knowledge of the possible consequences

Question 41

What does nosocomial mean?

Answer 41

Hospital acquired infections

Question 42

What does latrogenic relate to?

Answer 42

Relating to illness caused by medical examination or treatment

Question 43

ESR stands for?

Answer 43

Institute of Environmental Science and Research