Key terms chapter 19

Question 1

Crepitus

Answer 1

A crackling or grinding sound within the body

Question 2

Dorsiflex

Answer 2

Bending the ankle up

Question 3

Ecchymosis

Answer 3

A bruise

Question 4

Field impression

Answer 4

And EMS providers provisional diagnosis of a patient’s medical problem upon which medical treatment plan is based

Question 5

Gross

Answer 5

Referring to something that is obvious on physical examination

Question 6

HPI

Answer 6

The sequence of events leading up to the patient’s current problem

Question 7

Incontinenesce

Answer 7

The loss of the ability to control urination or defecation

Question 8

Paradoxical movement (of the chest)

Answer 8

The obvious sign that a portion of the chest wall is not assisting with the breathing function

Question 9

PMH

Answer 9

And the count of patient’s previous and pre-existing health problems

Question 10

Pertinent negatives

Answer 10

A negative finding that requires no further care intervention

Question 11

Plantar flex

Answer 11

Pointing your toes

Question 12

Presenting problems

Answer 12

Why the patient called 911

Question 13

Pronator drift

Answer 13

Involuntary pronation of the hand, (turning the hand palm downward) when a patient’s arms are held in front of them, due to weakness of the muscle that opposes the pronation.

Question 14

Radiation (pain)

Answer 14

Extension of pain from its origin to include other areas of the body

Question 15

Rebound tenderness

Answer 15

Pain felt when pressure from a palpation is released from the area

Question 16

Referred pain

Answer 16

Pain that occurs in another part of the body instead of the part, in which the problem originates