Exam 1 Flashcards
What are the 5 P’s of sexual history?
Partners, practices, protection, prevention, past history
Intimate partner violence screening
HITS Hurt you physically? Insult or talk down to you? Threaten you with physical harm? Scream or curse at you?
What side do you examine a patient from?
Right side
Use palmar surface of finger/finger pads for…
Palpating position, texture, size, consistency, fluid, form of a mass
Use ulnar surfaces of hand and fingers for…
Palpating vibration
Use dorsal surface of hand for…
Palpating for temperature
Tympani
Loud, high, drum like
Hyper resonance
Very loud, low, booming
Resonance
Loud, low, hollow
Dullness
Soft, moderate, thud like
Flatness
Soft, high, dull
Averag oral temperature
37 degrees Celsius (98.6 F)
Rectal is … Compared to oral
1 degree F greater than oral
Axillary temperature is … Compared to oral
1 degree less than oral
Tympanic temperature is… Compared to oral
1.5 degrees greater than oral
Tachycardia is…
Greater than 100 bpm
Bradycardia is …
Less than 60 beats per minute
Carotid pulse points
60-70
Radial pulse point
Greater than 80
Femoral pulse point
70-80
Pulsus paradoxus
Decrease in SBP and pulse amplified with inspiration
Pulsus biferiens
Biphasic pulse
Double peak
Pulsus parvus et tardus
Pulse is weaker and slower than expected
Pulsus alternans
Alternating strong and weak beats
Expected pulse
60-100 bpm
Expected respiration rate
12-20 breaths per minutes
Blood pressure normals
Less than 120 systolic and less than 80 diastolic
Pre hypertension
120-139 systolic and 80-89 diastolic