Dealing With The Patient Flashcards

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1
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Can you ___ your fist?

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Clench

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___ me your hands please.

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Show

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3
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Just ___ your arm, please

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Lift

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4
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___ a deep breath,

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Take

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___ Aaaah!

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Say

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___ the bar tightly!

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Grip

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7
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Can you ___ the letters?

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Read

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8
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___, please.

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Cough

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9
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Can you ___ your leg?

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Bend

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10
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___ as far as you can!

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Stretch

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Can you ___ your toes?

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Touch

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12
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Can you try to ___ on one let?

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Stand

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13
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Can you ___ over please?

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Turn

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14
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You can ___ your mouth now!

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Close

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15
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Could you ___ down, please?

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Lie

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16
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And ___ your breath!

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Hold

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17
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Just ___ up your sleeve, please!

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Roll

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18
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Can you ___ your arm here?

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Rest

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19
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Don’t worry! ___!

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Relax

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20
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What does this abbreviation stand for?

A3

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Attend surgery in 3 days’ time

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21
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

AF

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Atrial fibrillation

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22
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What does this abbreviation stand for?

A/G ratio

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Albumin / globulin ratio

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23
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

AS

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Asthma

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24
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

BOR

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Bowels open regularly

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25
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

BP

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Blood pressure

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26
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What does this abbreviation stand for?

°↑ BP

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No raised blood pressure

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27
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What does this symbol stand for?

°

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No / not present / not detected

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28
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What does this symbol stand for?

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Raised / increased

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29
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What does this abbreviation stand for?

° JACCOL

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No jaundice, anaemia, cyanosis, clubbing, oedema, lymphadenopathy

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30
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What does this abbreviation stand for?

° LKKS

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No palpable liver, kidneys, spleen

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31
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

° TB

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No tuberculosis

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32
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

Cgh

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Cough

33
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

CO

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Casualty officer

34
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

C/O

A

Complaints of

35
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

CVS

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Cardiovascular system

36
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

D&C

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Dilation and curettage

37
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

DM

A

Diabetes mellitus

38
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

DOB

A

Date of birth

39
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

DVT

A

Deep vein thrombosis

40
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

Ep

A

Epilepsy

41
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

G and A

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Gas and air

42
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

HPS

A

History of past complain

43
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

LBP

A

Low back pain

44
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

Ml

A

Myocardial infarct

45
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

MRU

A

Mass radiography unit

46
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

N&V

A

Nausea and vomiting

47
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

OD

A

Overdose

48
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

O/E

A

On examination

49
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

OPA

A

Outpatient appointment

50
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

PM

A

Post-mortem

51
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

PMH

A

Past medical history

52
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

PR

A

Per rectum

53
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

Sat

A

Satisfactory

54
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

SH

A

Social history

55
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

SOB

A

Short of breath

56
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

T

A

Temperature

57
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

U/S

A

Ultrasound

58
Q

What does this abbreviation stand for?

XR

A

X-ray

59
Q

I’ve got a ___and a ___.

A

Cough

Sore throat

60
Q

When I climb up the stairs I’m ___ .

A

Out of breath

61
Q

I don’t want to eat; I’ve ___.

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Lost my appetite

62
Q

At night time I go to bed but I ___.

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Can’t sleep

63
Q

I’ve got a ___ and a ___. (Cold)

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Runny nose

Temperature

64
Q

I knocked my arm on the door and now I’ve got a big ___.

A

Bruise

65
Q

I got an ___ two days ago and now I’ve got a ___.

A

Insect bite

Swollen leg

66
Q

I feel so miserable. I’m really ___.

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Depressed

67
Q

I’m a bit worried because I can feel a ___ In my breast.

A

Lump

68
Q

I regularly get a ___.

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Nosebleed

69
Q

After I eat I regularly get a ___.

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Stomach-ache

70
Q

My last doctor ‘put me on’ antibiotics

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Prescribed

71
Q

I’ve ‘blacked out’ three times in the last week.

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Fainted

72
Q

The rash on my skin seems to have ‘cleared up’.

A

Disappeared

73
Q

I often ‘nod off’ for just a few minutes.

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Fall asleep

74
Q

My sister ‘passed away’ recently.

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Died

75
Q

I don’t seem to beable to ‘take’ anything ‘in’.

A

Understand

76
Q

I sometimes ‘bring up’ my food.

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Regurgitate

77
Q

I walk to town and back and then I’m ‘flaked out’.

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Exhausted

78
Q

She ‘threw up’ several times during the night.

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Vomited

79
Q

My eye is all ‘puffed up’.

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Swollen