MOHAP Allied Health Exam flashcards

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Informed consent elements

Capacity, disclosure of material risks, benefits and alternatives, voluntariness, and documented agreement. All four must be present for consent to be valid.

Non-maleficence

The ethical duty to avoid causing harm. It justifies weighing risk before any intervention and stopping treatment when harm outweighs likely benefit.

Scope of practice

The range of tasks a practitioner may lawfully perform, set by licensure, employer policy, and demonstrated competence. Exceeding it is a regulatory violation.

Duty of care and abandonment

Care begins on accepting a referral. Withdrawing care without notice, handover, or referral constitutes abandonment and breaches professional obligations.

WHO 5 Moments

Hand hygiene before touching a patient, before aseptic procedure, after body fluid exposure, after touching a patient, and after touching patient surroundings.

PPE doffing order

Remove gloves first, then goggles or face shield, then gown, then mask or respirator last. Gloves and mask are the most contaminated items.

Airborne precautions

Require a negative-pressure room with at least twelve air changes per hour plus a fit-tested N95 respirator for all entering personnel.

Hand hygiene compliance formula

Observed hand hygiene actions divided by total observed opportunities, multiplied by one hundred, expressed as a percentage.

Root cause analysis

A non-punitive, systems-focused review after a sentinel event that asks what failed in processes rather than who should be blamed.

SBAR handover

Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation. A structured communication tool that reduces omission of critical information during clinical handover.

Teach-back method

The patient restates instructions in their own words. Correct paraphrase confirms understanding; errors reveal gaps requiring re-teaching.

Closed-loop communication

Sender gives an instruction, receiver repeats it back, sender confirms. Used for critical verbal orders to prevent misheard instructions.

Professional interpreters

Trained impartial interpreters should be used for language barriers. Family members, especially children, should not interpret clinical information.

MOHAP role

The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention regulates federal health services and licenses health professionals. Abu Dhabi and Dubai have separate emirate-level authorities.

UAE medical practice law

Federal Law No. 7 of 1975 governs the practice of medicine and related professions in the UAE and underpins professional licensing and discipline.

UAE health data law

Federal Law No. 2 of 2019 governs use of information and communication technology in health fields, covering electronic health data and telemedicine.

Notifiable disease reporting

Certain diseases must be reported to the relevant health authority. Failure to report is a regulatory offense independent of patient confidentiality.

Mean arterial pressure

Diastolic pressure plus one third of the pulse pressure, that is diastolic plus (systolic minus diastolic) divided by three. Below 65 mmHg suggests hypoperfusion.

Cardiac output

Heart rate multiplied by stroke volume. It is a main determinant of oxygen delivery alongside hemoglobin concentration and arterial oxygen saturation.

Acid–base interpretation

pH below 7.35 is acidemia and above 7.45 is alkalemia. Respiratory disorders change PaCO2; metabolic disorders change bicarbonate.

Signs of inflammation

Rubor, calor, dolor, tumor, and loss of function. They result from vasodilation, increased capillary permeability, and inflammatory mediator release.

Sensitivity

True positives divided by true positives plus false negatives. A highly sensitive test, when negative, effectively rules out the disease.

Specificity

True negatives divided by true negatives plus false positives. A highly specific test, when positive, effectively rules in the disease.

Positive predictive value

The proportion of positive test results that are true positives. Unlike sensitivity, it depends strongly on disease prevalence in the tested population.

Number needed to treat

One divided by the absolute risk reduction. It states how many patients must receive treatment for one additional patient to benefit.

Abdominal examination sequence

Inspect, auscultate, percuss, then palpate. Auscultation precedes palpation and percussion because manipulation can alter bowel sounds.

SMART goals

Specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. Goals are negotiated with the patient and reviewed against outcome measures.

WHO analgesic ladder

Stepwise pain management: non-opioid first, then weak opioid, then strong opioid, with adjuvants permitted at any step.

RICE for acute injury

Rest, ice, compression, elevation. Ice is applied for roughly fifteen to twenty minutes with a barrier to protect the skin.

Medical record corrections

Errors are corrected by a single strikethrough, the corrected entry, initials, and date. Overwriting, erasing, or deleting is never permitted.

EHR audit trail

An electronic log recording who accessed or modified a patient record and when. It supports confidentiality investigation and legal disclosure.

Late entry documentation

An entry written after the fact is marked as late and carries the actual date and time of writing, never a backdated time.