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Chapter 11-12 & 13 Flashcards

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1
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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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18
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OPQRST

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Onset provocation quality radiation severity time

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Orthostatic vital signs

A

Tilt test

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Pallor

A

Paleness

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Palpation

A

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

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Any objective evidence of medical or trauma conditions that can be seen heard felt or smelled

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Sphygmomanometer

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Instrument to measure blood pressure

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Stridor

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Strain high pitch sound heard on inspiration caused by obstruction in pharynx or lyrnyx

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Symptoms

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Subjective characteristics of disease felt only by the patient

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Systolic blood pressure

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The pressure created in the arteries win the left ventricle contracts and forces the blood out into circulation

30
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Tachycardia

A

Fast heart rate

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Till test

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Orthostatic vital signs

32
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Vital signs

A

Temperature pulse respirations and blood pressure

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Index of suspicion

A

In anticipation that certain types of accidents and mechanisms will produce specific types of injuries

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Mechanism of injury

A

The factors and forces that caused traumatic injury

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Medical

A

Concerning illness

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Nature of illness

A

The type of medical condition or complaint a patient suffers from

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Personal protective equipment

A

Protective equipment that blocks exposure to a pathogen we’re hazardous material

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Since safety

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Doing everything possible to ensure a safe environment

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Same size up

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Steps taken when approaching the scene of an emergency call

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Trauma

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Concerning injury

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Apnea

A

Absence of breathing

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Aspiration

A

Breathing a foreign substance into the lungs

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AVPU

A

Alert verbal pain unresponsive

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Blunt trauma

A

The force that impacts the body but does not penetrate

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Brain herniation

A

Compression and pushing of the brain through the foreman magnum

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Cerebrospinal fluid

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A clear fluid that surrounds and cushions the spinal cord

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Chief complaint

A

The main reason the patient’s visit

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Dyspnea

A

Shortness of breath

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Extension posturing

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Posture in which the PT arches the back and extends the arms straight out parallel to the body

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Flail segment

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Two or more adjacent ribs that are fractured into a more places it it does move independently

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Flexoin posturing

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‘ Which the patient arches the back and flexes the arms inward towards the chest

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Modified secondary assessment

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Physical exam that is focused on a specific injury site

53
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Occluded

A

Closed or obstructed

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Orthopnea

A

Shortness of breath when lying flat

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Paradoxical movement

A

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

A

Open air way

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Penetrating trauma

A

Injury caused by an object that passes through the skin or other bodily tissues

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Priapism

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A persistent and painful erection due to pathological causes not sexual arousal

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Primary assessment

A

Patient assessment conducted immediately after seeing size up to discover and treat immediately life-threatening conditions

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Rapid secondary assessment

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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

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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

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After the primary assessment

63
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Self restriction

A

Steps taken by a patient without assistance to keep his head neck and spine in alignment

64
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Spine motion restriction

A

Stuff taken to keep the spine in an atomic alignment and to restrict movement of the spine

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