Scribe Flashcards

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Abrasion

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Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive

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Acute

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New, usually rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic

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Ambulate

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To walk from place to place

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Auscultate

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Listening with a stethescope

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Bony Tenderness

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Pain elicited by pressing on a bone, rather than soft tissue

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Bradycardia

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Heart rate less than 60 BPM

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Cariomegaly

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Enlarged heart

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Cholecystitis

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Inflammation of the cholecyst (gallbladder)

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Chronic

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Long lasting, constant. Opposite of acute

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COPD

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, lung disease commonly seen in smokers

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Coronary artery

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The artery that supplies the heart with blood

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Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)

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aka stroke, lack of blood supply to the brain causing brain damage

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Diophoresis

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Sweating

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Diffuse

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Everywhere. Opposite of focal

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Deep Vein Thrombosis

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A blood clot in a deep vein, most often an extremity

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Dyspnea

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Problems breathing

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Dysuria

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Painful urination

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Ecchumosis

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A bruise

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Edema

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Swelling

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Emesis

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Vomiting

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Epitaxis

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Nose bleed

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Erythema/Erythematous

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Redness/Red

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Febrile

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Elevated body temperature, fever, indicative of infection

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Focal

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Localized to one specific area. Opposite of diffuse

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Grossly
Obviouslly, a lot
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Hematemesis
Very large amounts of blood in the vomit
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Hematuria
Very large amounts of bllod in the urine
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Hemoptysis
Coughing up very large amounts of blood
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Hemorrhage
Excessive of profuse bleeding
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Heptamegaly
Enlarged liver
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Hypertension
High blood pressure
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Hypotension
Low blood pressure
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Hypoxia
Low oxygen saturation of the body/blood
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Infarct
Area of dead tissue after a lack of blood supply
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Ischemia
Lack of blood supply
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Laceration
Splitting of the skin due to trauma, a cut from something sharp
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Melena
Black tarry stool
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Myocardial Infarction
Death of cardiac muscle due to ischemia
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Myalgia
Muscular pain, aches
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Oriented x3
Oriented to person, place and time
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Pallor
Pale skin
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Palpate
Using a hand to pressure on an area
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Palpitations
Feeling a heart-racing, pounding, or fluttering sensation in the chest
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Point Tenderness
When pressing on an area with one finger generates pain
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Pruritic
Itchy
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Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
blocing of a pulmonary artery due to a blood clot
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Purulent
puss like
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Rales
crackles, wet crackling in nose and lungs
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Rhinorrhea
Clear nasal discharge
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Rhonchi
Rattling noise of mucous in the lungs
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Sepsis
Dangerious infection of the blood
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Soft tissue tenderness
Tenderness of a soft tissue, muscle, fat, skin
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STEMI
ST elevationMI real-time ongoing death of heart tissue dude to ischemia
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Syncope
Loss of consciousness, fainting
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Tachycardia
Fast heart rate (HR greater than 100bpm)
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Tachypnea
Increased breathing rate
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Tenderness
physicians assessment if an area is painful (tender) or not (non-tnder)
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Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
minor stroke;; where neurological function is regained quickly with time
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vertigo
condition of dizzyness
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Wheezing
high pitched sound heard in the lungs with asthmatics or lung disease