Even if a health care professional is employed by an agency that delivers orthodox health care, what general holistic concepts can be applied to improve patient care?
All health care professionals can benefit by understanding that each patient is an individual who lives and works within specific settings that affect that person's health. Also, individuals are made up of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects. Effective health care addresses all these aspects. Similarly, stress management and healthful lifestyle choices are useful in both preventing and treating disease.
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a. Atrioventricular valve closure b. Atrioventricular valve opening c. Semilunar valve closure d. Semilunar valve opening
3. Which of the following are components in the chain of infection?
A. Direct contact, indirect contact, airborne, oral route, and insects and pests B. Infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit from the reservoir, mode of transmission, and portal of entry into the susceptible host C. Aerobic, anaerobic, saprophytes, prions, and protists D. Endogenous, exogenous, cell invasion, and allergic reaction E. None of the above
Which member of the surgical team is ultimately responsible for obtaining a written, informed surgical consent from a patient?
a. anesthesia provider b. circulating RN c. surgeon d. surgical technologist
Which of the following is a realistic and healthy belief that any paramedic should possess?
A) "If a patient that I am caring for dies, it is solely my responsibility." B) "If there's something I don't know, people will not think less of me." C) "My safety depends on being able to anticipate every possible danger." D) "As a paramedic, I must never make mistakes while caring for patients."