SECONDARY ASSESSMENT

Question 1

A QUESTION REQUIRING ONLY A YES OR NO ANSWER

Answer 1

CLOSED ENDED QUESTION

Question 2

THE GRATING SOUND OR FEELING OF BROKEN BONES RUBBNG TOGETHER.

Answer 2

CREPITATION

Question 3

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.

Answer 3

DETAILED PHYSICAL EXAM

Question 4

A DESCRIPTION OR LABEL FOR A PATIENTS CONDITION THAT ASSISTS A CLINICIAN IN FURTHER EVALUATION AND TREATMENT

Answer 4

.DIAGNOSIS

Question 5

A LIST OF POTENTIAL DIAGNOSES COMPILED EARLY IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE PATIENT.
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

Answer 5

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

Question 6

A CONDITION OF BEING STRETCHED, INFLATED OR LARGER THAN NORMAL.
DISTENTION

Answer 6

DISTENTION

Question 7

NFORMATION GATHERED REGARDING THE SYMPTOMS AND NATURE OF THE PATIENTS CURRENT CONCERN.

Answer 7

HISTORY OF THE PRESENT ILLNESS

Question 8

BULDGING OF THE NECK VEINS.

Answer 8

JUGULAR VEIN DISTENTION

Question 9

A PATIENT WITH ONE OR MORE MEDICAL DISEASES OR CONDITIONS.

Answer 9

MEDICAL PATIENT

Question 10

A QUESTION REQUIRING MORE THAN JUST A YES OR NO ANSWER.

Answer 10

OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS

Question 11

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.

Answer 11

OPQRST

Question 12

MOVEMENT OF A PART OF THE CHEST IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO THE REST OF THE CHEST DURING RESPIRATION.

Answer 12

PARADOXICAL MOTON

Question 13

INFORMATION GATHERED REGARDING THE PATIENTS HEALTH PROBLEMS IN THE PAST.
PAST MEDICAL HISTORY

Answer 13

PAST MEDICAL HISTORY

Question 14

PERSISTENT ERECTION OF THE PENIS THAT MAY RESULT FROM SPINAL INJURY AND SOME MEDICAL PROBLEMS.

Answer 14

PRIAPISM

Question 15

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

Answer 15

RAPID TRAUMA ASSESSMENT

Question 16

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.

Answer 16

REASSESSMENT

Question 17

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.

Answer 17

SAMPLE

Question 18

SOMETHING YOU CAN SEE REGARDING THE PATIENTS CONDITION.

Answer 18

SIGN

Question 19

A PERMANENT SURGICAL OPENING IN THE NECK THROUGH WHICH THE PATIENT BREATHES.

Answer 19

STOMA

Question 20

SOMETHING THE PATIENT TELLS YOU REGARDING HIS CONDITION.

Answer 20

SYMPTOM

Question 21

A SURGICAL INCISION HELD OPEN BY A METAL OR PLASTIC TUBE.

Answer 21

TRACHEOSTOMY

Question 22

A PATIENT SUFFERING FROM ONE OR MORE PHYSICAL INJURIES.

Answer 22

TRAUMA PATIENT

Question 23

CHANGES IN A PATIENTS CONDITION OVER TIME SUCH AS SLOWING RESPIRATIONS OR RISING PULSE RATE THAT MAY SHOW IMPROVEMENT.

Answer 23

TRENDING