Terms (section #2)

Question 1

Closed bed

Answer 1

Freshly made bed

Question 2

Open bed

Answer 2

Top linen are folded back (unused)

Question 3

Occupied bed

Answer 3

Resident in the bed

Question 4

Surgical bed

Answer 4

Made to allow someone in a stretcher to get in the bed

Question 5

Tympanic membrane

Answer 5

Inside of the ear

Question 6

Temproartery temperature

Answer 6

Center of the forehead

Question 7

Axillary temperature

Answer 7

Armpit temperature

Question 8

Tachycardia

Answer 8

A pulse over 100 beats per minute

Question 9

Bradycardia

Answer 9

A pulse under 60 beats per minute

Question 10

Blood pressure

Answer 10

A measure of the force of blood moving through the artery when a persons heart beat

Question 11

Closed fracture

Answer 11

A broken bone that does not break through the skin

Question 12

Open fracture

Answer 12

A broken bone that breaks through the skin

Question 13

Gangrene

Answer 13

Dead tissue

Question 14

Amputation

Answer 14

Removal of a limb

Question 15

Arthritis

Answer 15

Pain, swelling and stiffness around the joint

Question 16

Prosthesis

Answer 16

An artificial limb

Question 17

Partial thickness wound

Answer 17

Skin is broken

Question 18

Full thickness

Answer 18

Very deep, may expose muscle or bone

Question 19

Abrasion

Answer 19

Scrape

Question 20

Contusion

Answer 20

Bruise

Question 21

Incision

Answer 21

Slice

Question 22

Laceration

Answer 22

A jagged wound

Question 23

Ulcer

Answer 23

Shallow (poor circulation)

Question 24

Muscles atrophy

Answer 24

Muscles getting smaller and weaker

Question 25

Contractures

Answer 25

Muscles getting shorter

Question 26

Fowlers position

Answer 26

Sitting upright (45-60 degrees)

Question 27

Supine position

Answer 27

Lying down flat (180 degrees)

Question 28

Prone position

Answer 28

Lying flat on stomach

Question 29

Lateral position

Answer 29

Lying on side

Question 30

Sims position

Answer 30

Lying on one side with one leg sharply straight and arm behind them

Question 31

Dependence scale

Answer 31

A coding system for how much help or assistance a person needs in order to move

Question 32

Shearing

Answer 32

The skin sticking to the surface when the body moves

Question 33

Complete bath

Answer 33

Full bath while a person is in bed

Question 34

Partial bath

Answer 34

Focuses on a bathing the persons face, hands, back, genitals, and buttock or anal area

Question 35

Towel bath

Answer 35

A hot towel draped over the persons body from the neck down to the persons feet.