Exam 1 content Flashcards
Activity pacing
Activity scheduling, reducing the speed of activities, taking breaks, maintaining a consistent pace, and separating tasks into manageable components
Attention diversion
Distract from pain to reduce the perception of pain and associated stress, such as encouraging exposure to pleasant activities
Cognitive restructuring
Identify and change maladaptive thoughts and emotions
Goal setting
Develop specific, reasonable, objective, and patient-centered goals
Graded exposure
Gradual, systematic progression of exercise from initial tolerable level
Maintenance strategies
Create plans to manage flare-ups, anticipate future problems, adherence and progression of exercise program
Problem-solving strategies
Define problem, select goal, list alternatives, select solution, implement, evaluate outcome
Chief complaint
- Age
- sex
- main problem
History of present illness
- Complete history of current problem
- Reason the patient is here to see you
- possible risk factors and all symptoms and prior care
Red/Yellow Flags
- Dizziness, nausea, vomiting, vertigo, drop attacks
- Cauda Equina syndrome: saddle anesthesia, bowel/bladder incontinence
- Spinal cord compression: bilateral/quadrilateral paresthesia, facial paresthesia, drop attacks, nystagmus/blurred vision
- Cancer: Persistent night pains, unrelenting/constant pain, significant/unexplained weight gain or weight loss, loss of appetite, unwarranted fatigue
- Miscellaneous: Fever, night sweats, pregnancy, emotional disturbances
Past medical history
Medical problems that do not relate to this problem
Family history
Familial illnesses as they relate
Social and environmental history
Drinking, smoking
medications and allergies
What is pathological pain
Pain resulting from low activation threshold
What is allodynia
pain from normally nonpainful stimulus
