Medical Terminology How much do you know?

24 Hour Clock Write out the times 10:40 pm 6:35 am 4:49 pm 12:50 pm 11:05 am If you have a basketball game at 17:00 you would have to a. Arrive really early at school b. Stay after school for 2 hours c. Come back to school after 7:00 pm

Identify the suffixes, prefixes, root words, and combining factors Rhinoplasty (R) Bradypnea (R) Dermatitis (S/I) Pericardial (C) Pericarditis (C) Hypoglycemia Tachycardia ( C) Polyneurtitis (S/I) Neoplasm Hypothermia Cardiomyopathy (C) Esophageal (D) Dermatology (S/I)

Here are a few more: Define them if you can Dysuria (U) Polyuria (U) Glossitis (D) Cyanotic Oophorectomy (FR) Colostomy (D) Bronchoscope ( R) Bacteriogenic Nephritis (U) Bronchitis (R) Hepatomegaly (D) Encephalopathy (CNS) Erthrocytopenia Dysphasia

See what you know Use the medical terminology hand out to complete the following questions.

Write out the orders Take TPR including ap tid and ac Pt may have pain medication po PRN and at hs. The pt has been c/o of SOB and an inability to perform ADLs. Please get a ECG stat and do a CBC and RBC and WBC. Keep pt on CBR with BRP and start O2 and lets hope we don’t have to do CPR or he may be DOA when he gets to the lab.

Procedures, treatments and medications are order using the following abbreviations bid: twice a day* tid: three times a day* qid: four times a day* qh: every hour qd: once a day qhs: at bedtime qod: every other day *equal distance apart while awake

On a set time schedule q2h: every two hours q3h: every three hours q4h: every four hours q6h: every 6 hours q8h: every 8 hours q12: every 12 hours

So what is the difference between: bid & q12 tid & q8h qid & q6h qh & q1h qd & q24h

Figure out when to schedule the following meds, treatments and procedures Pt wakes up at 8:00am and goes to bed at 22:00 Heart meds tid * make sure it is pc TPR& BP q6h Antibiotics q8h * make sure they are ac ROM bid Pain med TID and PRN

Solution Heart Meds tid 10:00 and 18:00 and 0200 (after meals) Temp, Pulse, BP and Resp: q6h 8:00 14:00 20:00 02:00 Antibiotics q8h 08:00 and 16:00 and 24:00 (before meals) ROM bid 10:00 and 18:00 Pain meds TID 0900 and 1600 and 22:00 and more if needed

Getting good at this? Okay try this one Write out the abbreviations: I & O for Mrs. Jones, her IV is running at 150 cc per hr. She is NPO for the OR she will be in post op for 12 hours. She will need a pre op FBS and a SSE which the RPN can do.

Here is the rest of it Don’t forget her prep for the OR includes her ht & wt She is amb till md after which she is on CBR. Let the RN know she has been c/o of RLQ pain qh and she has not had a BM. She can have a pain meds PRN

Provide the abbreviations Give Mr. Smith two aspirin tablets every four hours and cough medicine when necessary Take blood pressure at once May sit in a chair with support twice a day Mr. Black is to have nothing by mouth however he may have water with his bedtime medications Mrs. Brown is to have eye drops in her right eye twice a day and in her left eye every 4 hours

List the times *use 24 hour clock wakeup 08:00 hs 22:00 q3h q4h bid tid qid q8h

Complete the following chart PrefixRootSuffixMeaning hypothermia hypertension pericarditis cardiomegaly esophageal

Answer the questions Inflammation of the back of the throat is 1. Pharyngitis 2. Pharyngectomy 3. Pharynogcele 4. Pharyngodynia

Cutting into the chest cavity is 1. Thoresis 2. Thorectomy 3. Thoracotomy 4. thoraplasia

Bad, painful or difficult breathing is 1. Apnea 2. Hyperpnea 3. Pleuropnea 4. dyspnea

Blood in the urine is 1. Hematosis 2. Hematemesis 3. Hematuria 4. hematitis

Inflammation of the liver is 1. Hepatosis 2. Hepatitis 3. Hepatiasis 4. hepatocele

A new opening in the colon is a 1. Colostomy 2. Colectomy 3. Colorrhpahy 4. Colemia

Removal of the stomach is 1. Gastrotome 2. Gastritis 3. Gastrectomy 4. gastrial

Pain in the head is 1. Cephalgia 2. Cephalosis 3. Cephalitis 4. cephalectomy

A disease of the muscle is 1. Myalgia 2. Mycosis 3. Myorrhea 4. myopathy