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Chapter 11-12 & 13 Flashcards

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Auscultation

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Listening to sounds within the body

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Baseline vital signs

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The first set of vital signs taken

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Blood pressure

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The pressure that is exerted by the blood against the walls of blood vessels

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Bradycardia

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Slow heart rate

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Capillary refill

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A test at evaluates distal circulatory system function by squeezing blood from an area such as a nailbed

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Chief complaint

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Main compaint by patient

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Clammy

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Cold and damp

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Closed ended questions

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Questions a person must enter by choosing from a limited set of responses

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Conjunctiva

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Mucous membrane lining the eyelids and covering the anterior portion of the sclera

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Constructed

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Narrow or made small

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Cyanosis

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Bluish discoloration of the skin

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Diastolic blood pressure

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Depression remaining in the arteries when they left edge core of the heart is relaxed

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Dilated

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Expanded or made large

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Flushing

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Abnormally red skin color due to vasodilation

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Jaundice

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Yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes caused by accumulation of bile pigment in the blood

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Mottling

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Skin discoloration similar to cyanosis but occurring in blotchy pattern possibly a sign of shock

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Open ended questions

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Questions that allow response to answer however they want

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OPQRST

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Onset provocation quality radiation severity time

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Orthostatic vital signs

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Tilt test

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Pallor

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Paleness

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Palpation

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Feel

For a pulse

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Pulse oximeter

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Electron device to use to determine oxygen concentration in arterial blood

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Pulsus paradoxus

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Decrease in pulse strength during inhalation

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SAMPLE

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A brief history of the victims condition to determine symptoms allergies medications pertinent past history last or intake and event leading to the illness

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Signs
Any objective evidence of medical or trauma conditions that can be seen heard felt or smelled
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Sphygmomanometer
Instrument to measure blood pressure
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Stridor
Strain high pitch sound heard on inspiration caused by obstruction in pharynx or lyrnyx
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Symptoms
Subjective characteristics of disease felt only by the patient
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Systolic blood pressure
The pressure created in the arteries win the left ventricle contracts and forces the blood out into circulation
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Tachycardia
Fast heart rate
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Till test
Orthostatic vital signs
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Vital signs
Temperature pulse respirations and blood pressure
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Index of suspicion
In anticipation that certain types of accidents and mechanisms will produce specific types of injuries
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Mechanism of injury
The factors and forces that caused traumatic injury
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Medical
Concerning illness
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Nature of illness
The type of medical condition or complaint a patient suffers from
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Personal protective equipment
Protective equipment that blocks exposure to a pathogen we’re hazardous material
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Since safety
Doing everything possible to ensure a safe environment
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Same size up
Steps taken when approaching the scene of an emergency call
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Trauma
Concerning injury
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Apnea
Absence of breathing
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Aspiration
Breathing a foreign substance into the lungs
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AVPU
Alert verbal pain unresponsive
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Blunt trauma
The force that impacts the body but does not penetrate
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Brain herniation
Compression and pushing of the brain through the foreman magnum
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Cerebrospinal fluid
A clear fluid that surrounds and cushions the spinal cord
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Chief complaint
The main reason the patient’s visit
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Dyspnea
Shortness of breath
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Extension posturing
Posture in which the PT arches the back and extends the arms straight out parallel to the body
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Flail segment
Two or more adjacent ribs that are fractured into a more places it it does move independently
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Flexoin posturing
‘ Which the patient arches the back and flexes the arms inward towards the chest
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Modified secondary assessment
Physical exam that is focused on a specific injury site
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Occluded
Closed or obstructed
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Orthopnea
Shortness of breath when lying flat
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Paradoxical movement
What section of the chest moves in the opposite direction to the rest of the chess during the phases of respiration
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Patent
Open air way
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Penetrating trauma
Injury caused by an object that passes through the skin or other bodily tissues
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Priapism
A persistent and painful erection due to pathological causes not sexual arousal
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Primary assessment
Patient assessment conducted immediately after seeing size up to discover and treat immediately life-threatening conditions
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Rapid secondary assessment
I had to do a physical exam that is swiftly conducted on a trauma patient who is unresponsive or who has significant mechanism of injury
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Reassessment
A step within the patient assessment process that is performed at regular intervals to identify and treat changes in a patient’s condition
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Secondary assessment
After the primary assessment
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Self restriction
Steps taken by a patient without assistance to keep his head neck and spine in alignment
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Spine motion restriction
Stuff taken to keep the spine in an atomic alignment and to restrict movement of the spine

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