QUIZ 10: 05/01/2023 Flashcards
CREPITATION
THE GRATING SOUND OR FELLING OF BROKEN BONES RUBBING TOGETHER
TRENDING
CHANGES IN A PATIENTS CONDITION OVER TIME, SUCH AS SLOWING RESPIRATIONS OR RISING PULSE RATE, THAT MAY SHOW IMPROVEMENT
PARADOXICAL MOTION
MOVEMENT OF A PART OF THE CHEST IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO THE REST OF THE CHEST DURING RESPIRATION
SYMPTOM
SOMETHING REGARDING THE PATIENTS CONDITION THAT THE PATIENTS TELLS YOU
JUGULAR VEIN DISTENTION (JVD)
BULGING OF THE NECK VEINS
PRIAPISM
PERSISTENT ERECTION OF THE PENIS THAT MAY RESULT FROM SPINAL INJURY AND SOME MEDICAL PROBLEMS
OPQRST (WHAT DOES EACH LETTER STAND FOR)
A MEMORY AID IN WHICH THE LETTERS STAND FOR QUESTIONS ASKED TO GET A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT ILLNESS: ONSET, PROVOCATION, QUALITY, REGION/RADIATION, SEVERITY, TIME.
SAMPLE (WHAT DOES EACH LETTER STAND FOR
A MEMORY AID IN WHICH THE LETTERS STAND FOR ELEMENTS OF THE PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, ALERGIES, MEDICATIONS, PERTINENT PAST HISTORY, LAST ORAL INTAKE, EVENTS LEADING TO THE INJURY OR ILLNESS.
DISTENTION
A CONDITON OF BEING STRETCHED, INFLATED, OR LARGER THAN NORMAL.
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
A LIST OF POTENTIAL DIAGNOSES COMPILED RARLY IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE PATIENT.