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American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Certification (ARRT) Patient Care and Safety Flashcards
51 question-and-answer cards covering Patient Care and Safety as it is examined in American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Certification (ARRT). 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the Patient Care and Safety deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
List the typical contents of a crash (code) cart.
Emergency medications (epinephrine, atropine, etc.), defibrillator/AED, airway/intubation supplies (Ambu bag, oral airways, ET tubes), oxygen, suction, IV supplies, and a backboard.
What is the role of the radiologic technologist during a code (cardiac arrest)?
Call/activate the code, bring the crash cart, place a backboard under the patient, assist with CPR or move equipment, provide a clear area, and document times/events as directed.
Why is a backboard placed under a patient during CPR?
A firm flat surface under the patient ensures chest compressions are effective by preventing the soft mattress from absorbing the force.
What are the six links in the chain (cycle) of infection?
Infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, and susceptible host.
What are the four main modes of disease transmission?
Contact (direct/indirect), droplet, airborne, and vehicle/vector (and common-vehicle such as food, water, blood).
What is the single most effective method to break the chain of infection?
Proper hand hygiene (handwashing or alcohol-based hand sanitizer).
Differentiate medical asepsis from surgical asepsis.
Medical asepsis (clean technique) reduces the number and spread of microorganisms; surgical asepsis (sterile technique) eliminates all microorganisms and spores from an object or area.
What are Standard Precautions?
Infection-control measures applied to ALL patients regardless of diagnosis — treating all blood, body fluids, secretions, non-intact skin, and mucous membranes as potentially infectious (hand hygiene, gloves, PPE).
What are the three categories of transmission-based precautions and an example disease for each?
Contact (e.g., MRSA, C. difficile), Droplet (e.g., influenza, meningitis), and Airborne (e.g., tuberculosis, measles, varicella).
What type of isolation room and PPE is required for airborne precautions?
A negative-pressure (AIIR) room and an N95 respirator (fit-tested), plus standard PPE as needed.
What is a healthcare-associated infection (HAI / nosocomial infection)?
An infection acquired by a patient during the course of receiving treatment in a healthcare facility that was not present or incubating on admission.
In what order is PPE donned (put on) and doffed (removed)?
Don: gown, mask/respirator, goggles, gloves. Doff: gloves, goggles, gown, mask/respirator — followed by hand hygiene.
What are the two main classes of iodinated contrast media and how do they differ?
Ionic (high osmolality, dissociate into ions, higher reaction risk) and nonionic (low osmolality, do not dissociate, fewer adverse reactions and now preferred).
What property of contrast media makes it visible (radiopaque) on x-ray images?
High atomic number elements — iodine (Z=53) and barium (Z=56) — increase x-ray attenuation/absorption, producing positive (radiopaque) contrast.
When is barium sulfate contraindicated, and what is used instead?
Barium is contraindicated when bowel perforation or rupture is suspected (it causes peritonitis); a water-soluble iodinated agent (e.g., Gastrografin) is used instead.
What is osmolality and why does it matter for contrast media?
Osmolality is the concentration of dissolved particles in solution; lower-osmolality contrast is closer to blood and causes fewer adverse reactions, so low-osmolar/nonionic agents are preferred.
List the common routes of medication and contrast administration.
Oral (PO), rectal (PR), intravenous (IV), intramuscular (IM), subcutaneous (SC), intrathecal, intra-arterial, and topical/inhalation.
Why is the intravenous (IV) route used for most contrast injections in imaging?
It provides immediate, complete (100%) bioavailability and rapid distribution for time-sensitive enhancement during imaging.
Classify the severity levels of contrast media reactions with an example of each.
Mild (nausea, warmth, hives — self-limiting), Moderate (vasovagal, bronchospasm, marked urticaria — needs treatment), and Severe/anaphylactoid (laryngeal edema, cardiac arrest, hypotensive shock — life-threatening).
What is the first-line emergency drug for a severe anaphylactic contrast reaction?
Epinephrine (adrenaline).
What is contrast-induced nephropathy and which lab value is checked to assess risk?
Acute kidney injury caused by iodinated contrast; renal function is assessed using serum creatinine and the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)/BUN.
Name common drug categories used in medical imaging and their purpose.
Contrast agents (visualization), analgesics (pain), sedatives/anxiolytics (relaxation/sedation), antihistamines/corticosteroids (allergy prophylaxis), antiemetics (nausea), and emergency drugs (epinephrine, atropine).
What is the basic dosage calculation formula used to determine the volume of medication to administer?
Volume = (Desired dose / Dose on hand) × Quantity on hand — i.e., (D/H) × V.
What 'rights' of medication administration must be verified and documented for every drug given?
The right patient, right drug, right dose, right route, right time, and right documentation (including patient response and any reaction).
What this deck covers
The Patient Care and Safety deck follows the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Certification (ARRT) Patient Care and Safety syllabus — 5 chapters and 22 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 10.2 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 142 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
Patient Care and Safety flashcards FAQ
How many Patient Care and Safety flashcards are in this American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Certification (ARRT) deck?
51 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Certification (ARRT) flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 51-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the Patient Care and Safety cards cover?
They follow the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Certification (ARRT) Patient Care and Safety syllabus — 5 chapters and 22 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.