Course 4 Flashcards

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Benign

A

Not harmful

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2
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Anatomical position

A

A frame of reference used to describe the anatomy and movement

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3
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Tenderness

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Pain felt on release of pressure

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4
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Purulent

A

Pus-like

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5
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Organomegaly

A

Enlarged organ

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6
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Affect

A

The pt immediate expression of emotion

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7
Q

What are the four parts of a PE exam?

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  1. Auscultating the heart
  2. Auscultating the lungs
  3. Palpating the abdomen
  4. Examining the legs
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8
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Where is the radial pulse?

A

Wrist

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9
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Where is the carotid pulse?

A

Neck

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10
Q

Where is the femoral pulse?

A

Groin

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11
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Where is the dorsalis pedis pulse?

A

Top of the foot

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12
Q

What is posterior tibial pulse?

A

Back of the ankle or heal

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13
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The normal pulse is a ____ pulse

A

2+

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14
Q

How many systems are in a complete PE?

A

8

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15
Q

Physical exam findings are documented with what appears abnormal. T or F?

A

T

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16
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What is the “exam” called that a dr does the minute they walk through the door?

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“No touch” exam

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17
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What demonstrates an abnormal neurological finding in a trauma pt?

18
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Hemotympanum

19
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Hyphema

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Malocclusion

21
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Epistaxis

22
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What are the 3 abnormal signs w/ regard to the head in a trauma pt?

A

Battle signs
Raccoon eyes
Periorbital ecchymosis

23
Q

What is the opposite of normal finger to nose, heel to shin in a cerebellar exam for coordination?

24
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Ataxia

A

Uncoordinated gait

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Antalgic
Walking to avoid pain
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DTR
Deep tendon reflexes
27
Lymphangitis
Spreading infection
28
Avulsion
Tearing away, or to have a section of skin removed from the surrounding skin
29
Urticaria
Hives
30
Blanching
When color goes pale
31
Paraspinal tenderness
Muscle pain along the spine
32
vertebral point tenderness
Pain on the spinal chord
33
‘Bony-tenderness’
Fracture
34
Contusion
Soft tissue tenderness
35
Homan’s sign
When there is pain behind the knee due to flexing the calf
36
CMT
Cervical motion tenderness
37
Adnexal tenderness
Ovaries tenderness
38
Psoas sign Obturator Rosing’s Are all signs of what diagnoses?
APPY
39
TTP
Tenderness to palpation
40
What are the 3 sings of peritoneal signs?
Voluntary gaurding Rebound tenderness Rigidity (involuntary gaurding)
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Peritoneal signs
Signs of a surgical abdomen