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Test #1 Flashcards

1
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Well being groups (5)

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Social
physical 
Psychological 
Economical 
Environment
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Chain of Infection Transmission

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  1. Infectious Agent
  2. Reservoir
  3. Portal of Exit
  4. Mode of Transmission
  5. Portal of Entry
  6. Susceptible Host
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Donning Steps

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Putting on

1) perform hand hygiene
2) put on gown
3) put on mask
4) put on eye protection
5) put on gloves

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Doffing Steps

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Taking Off

1) remove gloves
2) remove gown
3) perform hand hygiene
4) remove eye protection
5) remove mask
6) perform hand hygiene

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5
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Hep B

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Viral
Usually spread by exposure to infected blood
Has a vaccine

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Hep C

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spread by exposure to infected blood

No vaccine

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HIV

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Compromises immune system

No vaccine

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Airborne Transmissible Diseases (3 ex.)

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Tuberculosis
Chicken Pox
Rubeola

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Droplet Transmission

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Pertussis - Whooping Cough 
Mumps 
Rubella 
Meningitis 
Influenza
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What are common OSI

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PTSD
Anxiety Disorders
Depression
Substance Abuse

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11
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3 stages of lifting

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Plan
Communicate
Execute

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What consideration are needed in the planning stage of lifting

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The patient size
What position is the patient in
What equipment
What route

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13
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What components are in scene safety

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Safety
Is it medical or trauma
Clues to what happened

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14
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What does EMCAP mean and when is it used

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In scene survey 
Environment 
Mechanism of injury 
Causalities 
Allied Heath 
PPE
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15
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General impression

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How does the person look 
Hands off assignment 
Are they tracking me 
Awake not awake etc. 
Are they sick
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16
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Initial assessment

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Enter 
Greet patient 
Maintain steady eye contact 
Introduce yourself 
Position yourself 
Obtain consent 
Event history 
Level of consciousness 
ABC
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17
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3 types of consent

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Verbal
Implied
Informed

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18
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Level of consciousness mnomic

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AVPU
Alert 
verbal 
Pain 
Unresponsive
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ABC

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Airway
Breathing
Circulation

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20
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Vital Signs (7)

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Heart Rate (pulse)
Respitory rate 
Pupil response 
Skin condition 
Blood pressure 
Glasgow coma scale (GCS)
Temperature
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21
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When measuring heart and respiratory rate what are the 3 things you are looking for

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Rate
Rhythm
Volume

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22
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What are the 3 criteria for the Glasgow coma scale and what is the min/ max score

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Eye opening
Verbal response
Motor response
3-15

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23
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Eye opening response (GCS)

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Open spontaneously (4)
Open to verbal command (3)
Open to pain (2)
No response (1)

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24
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Verbal Response GCS

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Talking/oriented is (5)
Confused speech/disoriented (4)
Inappropriate words (3)
Incomprehensible sounds (2)
Not responsive (1)
25
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Motor GCS

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Obeys command (6)
Localization to pain (5) 
Flexion/withdrawal (4)
Abnormal flexion (3) 
Extension (2)
No response (1)
26
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PALLOR

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Is preset when red blood cell perfusion to the capillary beds of the skin is poor
Can loook at lips or eye conjunction

27
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Cyanosis

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Indicates a relative lack of oxygen perfusion although the number of red blood cells may be adequate to carry any available oxygen

28
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Echymosis

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Is localized bruising or blood collection with or under the skin

29
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What do you check when assessing pupils ( 3 things)

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Size
Shape
Symmetry

30
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Where is the Distal pulse

A

Ankles

31
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OPIM

A

Other potential infectious material

32
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LOC

A

Level of consciousness

33
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TIC

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Tenderness
Instability
Crepitation

34
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Medical Assessment Order (11 steps )

A 
Scene survey 
General impression 
Initial assessment 
Identify Cheri complaint 
Incident history 
Focused assessment ( includes hx and PE)
Past medical history, meds and allergies 
Vital signs 
Secondary survey 
Ongoing assessment
35
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Chief complaint

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What seems to be the problem

Why they called us

36
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Hx

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History

37
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PE

A

Physical exam

38
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OPQRST meaning and what it is for

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Pain Assessment 
Onset (what were you doing when it started)
Provoke ( anything make it better/worse)
Quality (what does it feel like)
Region/ Radiates 
Severity (1-10)
Time (when did they start)
39
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SAMPLE

A 
Signs/symptoms 
Allergies 
Medications 
Past medical history 
Last oral intake ( last hospitalization)
Events prior
40
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Hypertension

A

High BP

41
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Hypotension

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Low BP

42
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What to assess in secondary survey (6)

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Head 
Neck 
Chest 
Back 
Abdomen 
Extremities
43
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JVD

A

Jugular Vein Distension

44
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Paradoxical

A

Chest moving opposite of each other when they breath

45
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Creative

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Bone on bone grinding

46
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3 types of abdominal pain

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Visceral
Inflammation
Referred pain

47
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DACP-BLS

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Deformity , contusion, abrasion, puncture, penetration

Bruising tenderness, laceration, swelling

48
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Parapelegia

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Lower thoracic

Some internal organs and legs

49
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Quadriplegia

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Higher thoracic and cervical

50
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Cervical nerves

A 
Diagprham 
Deltoids 
Biceps 
Wrist 
Rotate arm 
Triceps 
Bend fingers
51
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Thoracic nerves

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Spread fingers
Chest muscles
Abdominal muscles
Muscles in the back

52
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Lumbar nerve

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Hip muscles
Thigh muscles
Knee muscles
Foot

53
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Sacral nerves

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Bladder and bowel

54
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Hyperflxiom

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Forward

55
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Hyper extension

A

Backwards

56
Q

Comprehension fracture

A

Simple crack

Osteoporosis most common cause

57
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Burst fracture

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Burst or broken
Severe
Vertebrae is crushed in all direction

58
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Distraction

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Sepererization to pulling apart

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