Lab Manual Fun Facts

Question 1

What is CAGE used for?

Answer 1

Alcohol screening

Question 2

What is CAGE mean?

Answer 2

C - concern (has patient felt need to cut down)
A - annoyed by criticism
G - guilty feeling
E - eye openers

Question 3

What is TACE used for?

Answer 3

Alcohol screening

Question 4

What is TACE mean?

Answer 4

T - how many drinks does it take to feel high
A - annoyed by criticism
C - cut down, has patient felt like they should
E - eye openers

Question 5

What is CRAFFT used for?

Answer 5

Substance abuse for adolescents

Question 6

What is CRAFFT mean?

Answer 6

C - car, drove or rode in a car while high or under influence of alcohol
R - relax, used to help relax
A - alone, do you use it alone
F - forget, what have you done while using
F - family and friends ask you to cut down
T - trouble, gotten into trouble because of use

Question 7

What is HITS used for?

Answer 7

Domestic violence

Question 8

What is HITS mean?

Answer 8

H - hurt you physically
I - Insult or talk down to you
T - Threatened you with physical harm
S - scream or curse at you

Question 9

Autonomy

Answer 9

patients need for self-determination

Question 10

Beneficence

Answer 10

the ethical principle that means “do good” for the patient

Question 11

Chief complaint(cc)

Answer 11

a brief statement telling why the patient is seeking care

Question 12

History of Present Illness(HPI)

Answer 12

step by step evaluation surrounding the patient’s reason for seeking medical care

Question 13

Nonmaleficence

Answer 13

the ethical principle that means “do no harm” to the patient

Question 14

Past medical history(PMH)

Answer 14

a statement of the patient”s overall health prior to the onset of the present complaint

Question 15

Family History(FMH)

Answer 15

information about the health of family members to identify a possible risk for the patient:this should include ages(ages at death) and the causes of death.

Question 16

Social History(SocH)

Answer 16

Work,marriage,diet,exercise,sexual and military experiences,use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs.

Question 17

Review of Systems(ROS)

Answer 17

an area where you question the patient about possible complaints for different body systems.

Question 18

Utilitarianism

Answer 18

a theory that defines the appropriate use of resources as that which results in the greatest good for the greatest number.

Question 19

Values

Answer 19

the ideals,customs,institutions and behaviors regarded by a specific group

Question 20

What is PROS stand for?

Answer 20

Pertinent Review Of Systems

Question 21

Oral Cavity temperature

Answer 21

average normal temperature is 37 C or 98.6 F

Question 22

Tympanic temperature

Answer 22

Measures core body temperature, 100 F or 37.8 C

Question 23

Axillary temperature

Answer 23

97.6 F or 36.4 C

Question 24

Rectal temperature

Answer 24

~37.5 C or 99.5 F

Question 25

Variables that affect temperature?

Answer 25

eating and smoking in oral cavity. tympanic- cerumen in the canal can give lower readings.

Question 26

Pyrexia

Answer 26

Fever, elevated body temperature

Question 27

Febrile

Answer 27

Greater or equal to 38 C or 100.4 F

Question 28

Afebrile

Answer 28

36 C to 38 C or 97 to 100.4 F(rectally)

Question 29

Hyperpyrexia

Answer 29

extreme elevation in temperature above 41.1 C or 106 F rectally.

Question 30

Hypothermia

Answer 30

abnormally low temperature, below 35 C or 95 F rectally

Question 31

Standing Resting Heart Rate

Answer 31

60-100 bpm

Question 32

Bradycardia

Answer 32

Less than 60 bpm

Question 33

Tachycardia

Answer 33

Greater than 100 bpm

Question 34

Characteristics of a pulse

Answer 34

Regularity, intensity, symmetry

Question 35

what is a bounding, aneurysmal pulse rank on a 0-4 scale

Answer 35

4+

Question 36

what is a full,increased pulse rank on a 0-4 scale

Answer 36

3+

Question 37

What is a expected pulse rank on a 0-4 scale

Answer 37

2+

Question 38

what is a diminished,barely palpable pulse rank on a 0-4 scale

Answer 38

1+

Question 39

What is a absent, not palpable pulse rank on a 0-4 scale

Answer 39

0

Question 40

Standard chart of pulse for an adult is?

Answer 40

2+/4

Question 41

hypertensive crisis chart?

Answer 41

+4/4

Question 42

normal range of respiration in an adult?

Answer 42

12-20 breathes per minute

Question 43

Tachypnea

Answer 43

Respiratory rate greater than or equal to 20 breathes per minute

Question 44

Bradypnea

Answer 44

Respiratory rate less than 12 breathes per minute

Question 45

Hyperpnea

Answer 45

a respiratory rate greater than or equal to 20 breathes per minute with deep inspirations(hyperventilation)

Question 46

what is the fifth vital sign? what does it measure?

Answer 46

Pulse oximeter. Measures % of hemoglobin saturated with oxygen.

Question 47

What happens to a blood pressure if the blood pressure is too wide or large? too narrow or small?

Answer 47

Read a lower B/P with bigger cuff, higher B/P with smaller cuff

Question 48

Acromegaly

Answer 48

a growth disorder associated with pituitary tumor

Question 49

Afebrile

Answer 49

without fever, denoting apyrexia.

Question 50

Blood pressure

Answer 50

the force of blood against the wall of an artery as the ventricles of the heart contract and relax

Question 51

Ballard gestational age assessment

Answer 51

used to assess or confirm the gestational age of a neonate utilizing six physical and six neuromuscular characteristics.

Question 52

Body mass Index

Answer 52

a parameter used to provide guidance regarding appropiateness of weight for height

Question 53

Failure to thrive

Answer 53

a sign defined by growth in an infant or child below the 3rd or 5th percentiles on the growth chart

Question 54

Gestational age

Answer 54

an indicator of a newborn's maturity

Question 55

Head circumference

Answer 55

a measurement that should be obtained on each visit until a child reaches 2 years of age

Question 56

Hydrocephalus

Answer 56

a condition that results from excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain or ventricular system.

Question 57

Hypotensive

Answer 57

low B/P

Question 58

Hypertensive

Answer 58

High B/P

Question 59

normotensive

Answer 59

normal arterial B/P

Question 60

Orthostatic hypotension

Answer 60

hypotension occuring when a person assumes a standing position. systolic b/p decrease of 20 or diastolic b/p of at least 10 with a reflux increase in heart rate

Question 61

Pulse pressure

Answer 61

the variation in blood pressure occurring in an artery during the cardiac cycle. difference b/w systolic and diastolic. a reading of 30-50 is considered normal range

Question 62

normal blood pressure

Answer 62

120/80

Question 63

prehypertension

Answer 63

Systolic - 120-139 | Diastolic- 80-89

Question 64

Hypertension, State 1

Answer 64

Systolic - 140-159 | Diastolic- 90-99

Question 65

Hypertension, State 2

Answer 65

Systolic - Greater or equal to 160 | Diastolic - Greater or equal to 100

Question 66

60+ years of age target B/P

Answer 66

SBP - less than 150. DBP - less than 90

Question 67

Less than 60 years of age target B/P

Answer 67

SBP - less than 140 DBP - less than 90

Question 68

Greater than 18 years of age with chronic kidney disease target B/P

Answer 68

SBP - less than 140 DBP - less than 90

Question 69

Greater than 18 years of age with diabetes target B/[

Answer 69

SBP - less than 140 DBP - less than 90