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Med Term Quiz 3 Flashcards

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1
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Abdomen Terms
1. Large and extends outwards
2. Hard, Board like
3. Soft or flabby
4. Swollen or rounded
5. Filled with gas
6. Hangs down

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  1. Protuberant
  2. Distended
  3. Flaccid
  4. Edematous
  5. Flatulent
  6. Pendulous
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Amounts terms
1. Large amount
2. Medium amount
3. Small Amount

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  1. Profuse, copious
  2. Moderate
  3. Scant
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Back Charting Terms
1. Hunchback
2. Small of back
3. Swayback

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  1. Kyphosis
  2. Lumbar Region
  3. Lordosis
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Bleeding Charting Terms
1. Nose bleed
2. Spitting/Coughing up blood
3. Positive blood in stools

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  1. Epistaxis
  2. Hemoptysis
  3. Guaiac positive
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Breath Charting Terms
1. Unpleasant
2. Foul
3. Sweet, fruit like odor
4. Ruinous odor

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  1. Halitosis
  2. Fetid
  3. Fruity, sweet
  4. Odor of ammonium
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BreathING Charting Terms
1. breathing
2. Difficult Breathing
3. Short periods when breathing stopped
4. Can’t breathe while laying down
5. Rapid Breathing
6. Dyspnea with apnea

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  1. Respiration
  2. Dyspnea
  3. Apnea
  4. Orthopnea
  5. Tachypnea
  6. Cheyenne-Strokes
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Consciousness Charting Terms
1. Fully alert and oriented
2. Only partial conscious
3. Unconscious but can be aroused
4. Unconscious cannot be aroused

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  1. A&O x3
  2. Semi-Conscious
  3. Stuporous
  4. Comatose
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Dead Tissue

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Tissue necrosis/ necrosis

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Defecation Charting Terms
1. Frequent Liquid Defecation
2. Color of stool
3. Constituents of stool

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  1. Diarrhea
  2. (All the colors)
  3. Liquid, Soft or hard formed, watery, Semi-formed, Constipated, Undigested food, mucoid
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Drainage Charting Terms
1. Containing pus
2. Bloody
3. Lymphatic fluid
4. Contains mucus and pus
5. Tough, sticky
6. Bloody, lymphatic (Serous)

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  1. Purulent
  2. Sanguineous
  3. Serous
  4. Mucopurulent
  5. Tenacious
  6. Serosanguineous
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Emesis(Vomit) Charting Terms
1. Made by effort of pt
2. Ejected a few feet
3. Noticeable blood

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  1. Induced
  2. Projectile
  3. Hematamesis
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Eyes Charting Terms
1. Sharpness of vision
2. Yellow in color
3. Puffy, swolen
4. Drooping eyelids
5. Unusually sensitive to light
6. Double vision
7. Cross eye, squinting
8. Abnormal protrusion of eyeball
9. inflammation of conjuctiva
10. Dilatation of the pupil
11. contraction of the pupil
12. Near-sighted
13. Far-sighted

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  1. Visual acuity
  2. Jaundiced
  3. Edematous
  4. Ptosis of lids
  5. Photophobia
  6. Diplopia
  7. strabismus
  8. Exophthalmos
  9. Conjuctivitis
  10. mydriasis
  11. Myosis
  12. Myopia
  13. Hyperopia
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Fainting

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Syncope/ Syncopal episode

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Fever Charting Terms
1. W/o fever
2. Above normal Temp.
3. Greatly above normal temp.

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  1. Afebrile
  2. Pyrexia
  3. Hyperpyrexia
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Head Charting Terms
1. Base of Skull
2. Large head
3. Small head

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  1. Basilar Region
  2. Macrocephaly
  3. Microcephalus
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  1. Hives
  2. Itching
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  1. Urticaria
  2. Pruritas
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Joints Charting Terms
1. Bending
2. To straighten
3. Revolve
4. Move away from median
5. Move toward median line

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  1. Flexion
  2. Extension
  3. Rotation
  4. Abduction
  5. Adduction
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  1. within the skin (administered)
  2. within the bone
  3. pouring into body cavity
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  1. Intradermal
  2. Intraosseous
  3. instillation
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Menstruation Charting Terms
1. If present when admitted
2. Painful
3. Total abscence of
4. Profuse/prolonged flow
5. Cessation of

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  1. Menses present
  2. Dysmenorrhea
  3. Amenorrhea
  4. Menorrhagia
  5. Menopause
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Unpleasant odor

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offesive/ foul

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Paralysis charting terms
1. of the legs
2. of one side of the body
3.of a single limb
4. of all 4 extremities and the truck

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  1. Paraplegia
  2. Hemiplegia
  3. Monoplegia
  4. Quadriplegia
22
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lots of sweating/persperation

A

diaphoresis

23
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pulse terms
1. Pulseless
2. only scarcely perceptible

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  1. Imperceptible
  2. Thready/weak
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skin terms
1. Shines
2. raw surface
3. Containing colored areas
4. scraped
5. cold and moist
6. splotchy

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  1. Glossy
  2. Excoriation
  3. Pigmented
  4. Abraded
  5. Clammy
  6. mottled
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SPeech terms
1. Not understandable
2. Meaningless
3. Words run together

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  1. Incoherent
  2. Rambling
  3. Slurring
26
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  1. Difficult swallowing
  2. Inability to swallow
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  1. Dysphagia
  2. Aphagia
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Urination terms
1. Large amount of urine voided
2. Total suppression of urine
3. pus in urine
4. scantiness of urine

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  1. Diuresis
  2. Anuria
  3. Pyuria
  4. Oliguria
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abnormal weight
very underweight

A

emaciated
cathectic

29
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wounds charting terms
1. Pus discharge
2. Black/gray dead tissue
3. Wound drainage

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  1. Purulent
  2. Eschar
  3. Exudate
30
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Code Blue

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  • Cardiac or respiratory rate (call code with location)
31
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“Security Alert”

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  • Violent behavior
  • Hostage
  • Lockdown
  • Bomb
  • Active shooter
32
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“Sever Weather”

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  • Stage 1: Watch
  • Stage 2: Warning close doors and windows
  • Stage 3: Imminent danger, evacuate
33
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“internal Event”

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May need to evacuate certain areas

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“External Event”

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  • Hospital may need to prepare for an influx of pt’s
35
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“Fire”

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  • Follow R.A.C.E and P.A.S.S
  • Ended with an “All Clear”
36
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“Missing Adult/Child/INfant”

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  • Last seen loc. age, and clothing
  • We can’t physically stop someone from leaving but take note of suspicious individuals
37
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Cough Terms
1. Spasms
2. Barking

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  1. Spasmodic
  2. Stridulous

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