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0
Q

What are the types of teeth ?

A
Incisors - 8
Canines - 4 
Pre molars - 8 
Molars - 8 
Wisdom teeth - 4
1
Q

How many permanent teeth ?

A

32

Baby teeth = 20

2
Q

Who regulates our professional ethics ?

A

General dental council

3
Q

What are the four principles in general practice ?

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Justice
Beneficence
Respect for autonomy
Non maleficence

4
Q

What are ; ethics ?
Law?
Professionalism ?

A

Ethics - norms of practice, based on reason
Law - norms controlled by legal system
Professionalism - norms regulated by unions/councils

5
Q

Some relevant legislations ?

A
Age of legal capacity 1991
Children act 1995
Data protection 1998
Adults with incapacity 2000
Mental health care and treatment 2003
6
Q

What is statute law ?

What is common law ?

A

Statute - Law as a result of acts

Common - law as a result of acts

7
Q

What is public law ?

What is it also known as ?

A

State taking person to court for illegal activities

Known as criminal law

8
Q

What is private law ?

What is it also known as ?

A

Two people/ firms taking one another to court over a disagreement
Also known and civil law

9
Q
For criminal cases ; function ?
Parties? 
Standard of proof
Decision 
Decided by? 
Powers of court ?
A
Upholding law and order
Action brought by state - prosecutor vs defendant 
Beyond reasonable doubt
Guilty or not guilty 
Sheriff or jury 
Prison fine ect
10
Q
For civil cases ; function 
Parties 
Standard of proof 
Decision 
Decided by 
Powers of court
A
Upholding rights of individual 
Action brought about by individuals - pursuer vs defendant 
Balance of probabilities
Liable or not liable
Sheriff or justice of the peace 
Damages, injunction
11
Q

Approx what percentage of patients will have a hai ?

A

10%

12
Q

What does HAI stand for ?

A

Healthcare associated infection

13
Q

What are some consequence of hai

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Complicate recovery 
Extend hospital stay
Incur costs 
Stress to individual and family 
Delay return to normal activity
14
Q

What is the aim of the hai policy ?

A

Promote and maintain health care culture where infection control is most important
Promoting safe practice
Ensuring safe patient environment

15
Q

Sicps - who what where when?

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In all care settings
At all times
By everyone

16
Q

What is the first sicps ?

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Patient placement - prevent exposure to others and environment

17
Q

2nd sicps?

A

Hand hygiene

18
Q

3rd sicps?

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Respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette

19
Q

4th sicps?

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Personal protective equipment

20
Q

5th sicps ?

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Managing patient care equipment -
Prevent re use / cross infection
Ensure decontamination of reuseable items
Prevent environment decontamination

21
Q

6th sicps ?

A

Control of environment

22
Q

7th sicps ?

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Safe management of linen

23
Q

8th sicps

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Management of blood and bodily spillages

24
Q

9th sicps ?

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Safe disposal of health care waste

25
Q

10th sicps

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Occupational exposure management

26
Q

What may also be used as well as sicps ?

A

Transmission based precautions

27
Q

What are the 6 links in the chain of infection ?

A
Infectious agent 
Reservoir 
Means of exit 
Mode of transmission 
Mode of entry 
Susceptible host
28
Q

What factors are associated with no adherence ?

A

Patient characteristics
Disease related variables/ treatment variables
Provider characteristics
Provider- patient interaction

29
Q

Primacy effect?

Recency effect?

A

Best recall of words at beginning

Best recall of words at the end

30
Q

Short term memory ?
Long term memory ?
Declarative memory ?
Procedural memory ?

A

Retention of up to a few minutes
Retention from few minutes to decades
Memory you can reflect and report on
Memory that you cannot reflect and report on e.g learning to ride a bike

31
Q

Episodic/ autobiographical?
Semantic ?
Explicit ?
Implicit ?

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Recall of specific events
General knowledge
Intentional recall of some declarative memory
Occasions when memory influences out behaviour unknowingly

32
Q

What are the positioning zones for a right handed person ?

A

7-11: operator zone
11-2 - static zone
2-4 - nurse zone
4-7 - transfer zone

33
Q

What are the positioning zones for a left handed person ?

A

1-5 - operator zone
1-10- static zone
10-8- nurse zone
8-5- transfer zone

34
Q

What are the steps in a-e emergencies ?

A
Airway 
Breathing 
Circulation 
Disability 
Exposure
35
Q

What was Descartes pain theory ?

A

Direct pathway from source to brain

Simple stimulus response model

36
Q

What is the specificity theory of pain ?

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Specific sensory receptors specific to each stimulation

37
Q

What is the pattern theory of pain ?

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Nerve impulse patterns determine degree of pain, these impulses send message to brain

38
Q

What are some problems with early pain theories ?

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Only useful for acute pain
Don’t explain why patients with same injuries feel different pain levels
Doesn’t explain why phantom limb pain occurs

39
Q

What does the gate control theory propose ?

Where is it located ?

A

Gate mechanism that regulates pain prior to reaching the brain
- located in the substantia gelatinosa in the dorsal horns of spinal chord

40
Q

What 3 factors are involved in the opening and closing of the gate ?

A

Amount of activity in pain fibres
Amount of activity in peripheral fibres
Messages that descend from the brain

41
Q

What are some examples of pain behaviours?

A

Facial
Distorted posture
Negative emotion
Avoidance of activities

42
Q

Retroactive interference ?

Proactive interference ?

A

Disruption in memory due to what we learn after

Disruption in memory due to things we have learned previously