Foundational Skills Flashcards
Applying personal protective equipment (PPE)
Gown
Face mask
Eyewear
Clean gloves
Removing PPE
Gloves ( since they are the most soiled)
Gown
Eyewear
Mask
What is SBAR?
Situation
Background
Assessment
Recommendation
What is febrile?
A client with fever.
Hyperventilation
Overexpansion of the lungs characterize by deep, rapid respirations.
Hyperventilation
Underexpansion of the lungs characterize by shallow respirations
They are two types of breathing
Costal thoracic breathing
( movement of the chest upward and downward)
Diaphragmatic (abdominal breathing)
Observe by the movement of the abdomen
Apnea
Cessation of breathing
Respiration rate
12 to 20 breath per minute
Hemoptysis
The presence of blood in the sputum
Productive cough
A cough accompanied by expectorated secretions
Nonproductive cough
A dry harsh cough without secretion
Pulse pressure
Difference between the diastolic and systolic pressure
Classification of BP
Normal (120/80)
Prehypertension (120-139) (80-89)
Hypertension stage (140-159) (90-99)
Hypertension stage >160 - >100
Percussion ( five types of sounds)
Flatness- extremely dull sound produce by dense tissue ( muscle or bone least amount of air)
Dullness - thud like sound produce by dense tissue ( liver,spleen, or heart)
Resonance- hollow sound produce by lungs fill with air.
Tympani- musical drum like produce by the air full stomach ( least dense the greatest amount of air