CHAPTER 12 Flashcards
AVPU SCALE
- ALERT
- VERBAL
- PAINFUL
- UNRESPONSIVE
BASELINE VITAL SIGNS
FIRST DETERMINATION OF VITAL SIGNS
BRACHIAL PULSE
PULSE FELT ON MEDIAL SIDE OF UPPER ARM, BETWEEN ELBOW AND SHOULDER
BP-DOC
MEMORY AID USED TO RECALL WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A PHYSICAL EXAM.
- BLEEDING
- PAIN
- DEFORMITIES
- OPEN WOUNDS
- CREPITOUS
CAROTID PULSE
PULSE ON NECK
CREPITUS
GRATIN NOISE OF SENSATION WHEN BROKEN BONES ENDS RUB TOGETHER
DCAP-BTLS
MEMORY AID IN PHYSICAL EXAM, LOOKING
- DEFORMITIES
- CONTUSION
- ABRASION
- PUNCTURES
- BURN
- TENDERNESS
- LACERATION
- SWELLING
DORSALIS PEDIS PULSE
PULSE ON LATERAL TO LARGE TENDON ON BIG TOE
FOCUSED SECONDARY ASSESSMENT
FOCUS ON SPECIFIC INJURY, STABLE PATIENT
GUARDING
PROTECTION OF AN AREA OF INJURY OR PAIN
IMMEDIATE LIFE THREATS
ANY CONDITION THAT MAY POSE IMMEDIATE THREATS TO PATIENTS LIFE, ABC’S
INTERVENTIONS
ACTIONS TAKEN TO CORRECT OR STABILIZE PATIENTS ILLNESS OR INJURY
JUGULAR VEIN DISTENSION
ABNORMAL BULGING OF VEINS OF NECK, INDICATING INJURY TO CHEST OR HEART
NATURE OF ILLNESS
WHAT IS MEDICALLY WRONG WITH PATIENT, COMPLAINT NOT RELATED TO INJURYQ
PARADOXICAL MOVEMENT
MOVEMENT OF AN AREA OF THE CHEST WALL IN OPPOSITION TO THE REST OF THE THE DURING RESPIRATIONS
PRIMARY ASSESSMENT
QUICK ASSESSMENT OF THE ABC’S
RAPID SECONDARY ASSESSMENT
QUICK HEAD TO TOE ASSESSMENT OF MOST CRITICAL PATIENTS
SAMPLE HISTORY
- SIGN/SYMPTOM
- ALLERGIES
- MEDICATIONS
- PERTINENT PAST MEDICAL HISTORY
- LAST ORAL INTAKE
- EVENTS LEADING TO INJURY OR ILLNESS
SECONDARY ASSESSMENT
QUICK HEAD TO TOE EXAM INCLUDING MEDICAL HISTORY
TRAUMA PATIENT
PHYSICAL INJURY BY EXTERNAL FORCE
TRACHEAL DEVIATION
SHIFTING OF TRACHEA TO EITHER SIDE
