Intro to emt Flashcards
what are general things to ask about in the history of a throat
soreness
dysphonia (change in pitch)
dysphagia
odophangia ( painful swallowing)
neck swelling
mouth ulcer
exampinato of neck for throat problems
neck - thouhg z line examination
oral cavity/ orophynx
investigaion of thorat
fnac - fine need aspiation cytology
barium swallow
ct / mri
us scan
what are the disorders of the thorat which are common
tonsalitits
head and neck cancer
saliavary gland disease
vocal cord nodules/ laryngitis
brahcla cyst/ thyroglossl cyst
pharnygela ouch
globus pharngeuss
what are the emergenices of the throat
stridor
foreign body
tracheostomy
neck space infections
what is quinsy
when the tonsils enlarge so much in tosilitis that they cause the uvula to move to the other sid of the thorat
what is a flexible nasolaryngosocpy
camera that goes dow nose to look at back of throat
what is the area of the vocal cords called
glotus
what is the area above the vocla cords called
supragloutsw
hat is the area below the vocla cord called
subglotus
what is the cause of vocal cord noduesl
singer and people who should atle
effect of vocal cord noduled
effect pitch of voice
what is the cuase of laryngela papillomata
human papiloma virus
what is larngeal papillomata
warts forming on vocal cords
what is a pharyngeal pouch
area fod is traped in cuaing reguation
what is the z shape nex examine in order
1 (submenal
2 - tonsual
3 - antear chain
4 - natair cheain base
5 - base of ostiar chain
6 - supra calvial area
what type of mous does hte parodi sevrete
serous and calcium liquid
what is th euct form the partoid to mouth
stensen’s duct
duct rom submandibular to mouth
whartons duct
what type of conditon is brahcial and thyrroglossal cysts
congential
what is a lipoma
fatty lump in fornt of motuh,
what is a submandibular abses
a dneal infeciton that tranfers though the route of mouth
what is a pleomoric adenoma
a enlargem of parotid gland - beingin cancer
most common being caner of partoids
pleomorphic adneoma
where is an emercency tracheotomy found
betwen thydod cartialge and cricoid cartilage
what to ask about in rhinology
nasal obsution
rhiorrhea (runny nose)
facial pain
post nasa drip
sense of smell
sneezing
tramua
cosmesis
what is the examiaiton for rhiotomy
light, nasal speculum, endoscopy
what are the investigations rhiology
allerage tests ( skin/ rash tests)
cold spatual test ( hold cold tongue depresser under toughe to compare mist from breathing out )
what are the disoerders of rhionitis
rhinitis
sinusits
nalal poplys
snoring
tumours
what are emergiens in rhiology
epistaxis (nose bleed)
fracture
foreign body
complicaiotn of sinutiis
sinuses that are in face
frontal eithmoid, maxillary, splemnoid
what is nasla polpyoids
infecto ro alery, cause a polpy
what is andenoids swlling investion
camera at back of throat and look up
what is anosmia
loss of sense of smell
what type of tumors can cause anosmia
frontal menigioma
what is rhiosinutis
infection ifn teh nose and sinuses
for a sinus infection what else in infected
rhionsinutitis
what is a septal heamotoma of the nsoe
dried blood in large mass from nose bleeds
what is rhinoloith
stone in nasl cavity due to calium deposit of nose
what are the otology history of the ear
deafness,
tinnitius
discaharge
disness (veritog
facail naerve effects
otalgia
What examiaont is done on the ear
otoscpe
tuning fork test
whipread voice tests
nystagmus ( infvolutary movement of the eye)
facial nerve tests
what is the investigation of the eye
pure tone audiogram
tynpanogram
ct/ mir
what is disorders of the external ear
otitis externa
what is disorders of middle ear
acute otitis media
otitis media with effusion (glue ear)
chronic suppurative otis meida
tymopanosclerosis
what is disorders of hte inner ear
presbycusis (old age hearing loss)
noisce induced deathness
meniere’s disease (fluid build up in ear)
acoustic neuroma ( non cancerous growth on vesibular nerve)
what are emerencies of the ear
foreign body
maligant otis externa
auricualr haemotoma
bells palsy
nerves that rusn at back of ear
8th nerve and facila nerv
what is teh cuase of glue ear
blockage in the euachian tube preventing drainge in mddiel ear
treatment for ome (glue ear
grommet inseriotn
what is surfacesr sear
body calicarion addion to ear bone, closing the area
what is otomycois
fungal infeciton of teh ear