SECONDARY ASSESSMENT Flashcards
A QUESTION REQUIRING ONLY A YES OR NO ANSWER
CLOSED ENDED QUESTION
THE GRATING SOUND OR FEELING OF BROKEN BONES RUBBNG TOGETHER.
CREPITATION
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE HEAD, NECK,CHEST, ABDOMEN, PELVIS, EXTREMITIES, AND POSTERIOR OF THE BODY TO DETECT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF INJURY . IT DIFFERS FROM THE RAPID TRAUMA SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF INJURY. IT DIFFERS FROM THE RAPID TRAUMA ASSESSMENT ONLY IN THAT IT ALSO INCLUDES EXAMINATIONS OF THE FACE, EARS, EYES, NOSE AND MOUTH DURING THE EXAMINATION OF THE HEAD.
DETAILED PHYSICAL EXAM
A DESCRIPTION OR LABEL FOR A PATIENTS CONDITION THAT ASSISTS A CLINICIAN IN FURTHER EVALUATION AND TREATMENT
.DIAGNOSIS
A LIST OF POTENTIAL DIAGNOSES COMPILED EARLY IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE PATIENT.
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
A CONDITION OF BEING STRETCHED, INFLATED OR LARGER THAN NORMAL.
DISTENTION
DISTENTION
NFORMATION GATHERED REGARDING THE SYMPTOMS AND NATURE OF THE PATIENTS CURRENT CONCERN.
HISTORY OF THE PRESENT ILLNESS
BULDGING OF THE NECK VEINS.
JUGULAR VEIN DISTENTION
A PATIENT WITH ONE OR MORE MEDICAL DISEASES OR CONDITIONS.
MEDICAL PATIENT
A QUESTION REQUIRING MORE THAN JUST A YES OR NO ANSWER.
OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS
A MEMORY AID IN WHICH THE LETTERS STAND FOR QUESTIONS ASKED TO GET A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT ILLNESS; ONSET, PROVOCATION, QUALITY, RADIATION, SEVERITY, TIME.
OPQRST
MOVEMENT OF A PART OF THE CHEST IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO THE REST OF THE CHEST DURING RESPIRATION.
PARADOXICAL MOTON
INFORMATION GATHERED REGARDING THE PATIENTS HEALTH PROBLEMS IN THE PAST.
PAST MEDICAL HISTORY
PAST MEDICAL HISTORY
PERSISTENT ERECTION OF THE PENIS THAT MAY RESULT FROM SPINAL INJURY AND SOME MEDICAL PROBLEMS.
PRIAPISM
A RAPID ASSESSMENT OF THE HEAD, NECK, CHEST, ABDOMEN, PELVIS, EXTREMITIES AND POSTERIOR OF THE BODY TO DETECT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF TRAUMA.
RAPID TRAUMA ASSESSMENT
RAPID TRAUMA ASSESSMENT
A PROCEDURE FOR DETECTING CHANGES IN A PATIENTS CONDITION. IT INVOLVES FOUR STEPS, REPEATING THE PRIMARY ASSESSMENT, REPEATING AND RECORDING VITAL SIGNS, REPEATING THE PHYSICAL EXAM AND CHECKING INTERVENTIONS.
REASSESSMENT
A MEMORY AID IN WHICH THE LETTERS STAND FOR ELEMENTS OF THE PAST MEDICAL HISTORY;
S=SIGNS & SYMPTOMS A=ALLERGIES M=MEDICATIONS P=PERTINENT PAST HISTORY L=LAST ORAL INTAKE E=EVENTS LEADING TO THE ILLNESS OR INJURY.
SAMPLE
SOMETHING YOU CAN SEE REGARDING THE PATIENTS CONDITION.
SIGN
A PERMANENT SURGICAL OPENING IN THE NECK THROUGH WHICH THE PATIENT BREATHES.
STOMA
SOMETHING THE PATIENT TELLS YOU REGARDING HIS CONDITION.
SYMPTOM
A SURGICAL INCISION HELD OPEN BY A METAL OR PLASTIC TUBE.
TRACHEOSTOMY
A PATIENT SUFFERING FROM ONE OR MORE PHYSICAL INJURIES.
TRAUMA PATIENT
CHANGES IN A PATIENTS CONDITION OVER TIME SUCH AS SLOWING RESPIRATIONS OR RISING PULSE RATE THAT MAY SHOW IMPROVEMENT.
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