week 7 1st Assess & PT com/s

Question 1

Comfortable space:
Intimate space:
Personal Space:
Public Space:

Answer 1

= 4-12 ft
= 0-1.5 ft
= 1.5-4ft
= 12 or more ft

Question 2

Why always remove glasses when talking to PT:

Answer 2

PT needs eye contact & could see reflection of injuries

Question 3

Never ask “why did you” b/c?

Answer 3

can be perceived as blame

Question 4

SPED & challenging PTs interview

Answer 4

use same techniques as would on any other patient, but in a slightly different way.
EX start interview in usual manner. If PT doesn’t respond to your questions, take time to develop rapport by reviewing the reason dispatch gave for the call.

Question 5

Interviewing Children PTs

Answer 5

down to their eye level. Children pick up on anxiety easily and often take cues from what they observe

Question 6

Elderly PT interviews

Answer 6

Always use a formal means of address, such as “Mr.” and “Mrs.” or “Ms.” Speak slowly and clearly

Question 7

Angry PT interviews

Answer 7

Avoid confrontation, but keep trying until. Use same questioning techniques usually used. Sometimes PTs open up if you clearly explain benefits & advantages of cooperation.
Could obtain info from: observing scene, questioning PT’s family, bystanders, or law enforcement officers.

Question 8

Ethnocentrism=

Answer 8

viewing your own life as the most desirable, acceptable, or best, and acting in a superior manner

Question 9

Cultural imposition:

Answer 9

inserting one’s own culture and applying it to another

Question 10

Depressed PTs

Answer 10

Ask whether they have ever thought about suicide, currently thinking about suicide, have means to commit suicide, & have ever attempted. The more exact & precise the suicide plan, the more apt they are to carry it out.

Question 11

Transferring care

Answer 11

“Are you the person who will be listening to my hand-off report?” If so, follow up w/ “Are you ready to listen, or would you rather wait a moment?” Also, be sure to introduce the PT by name & say bye to PT

Question 12

In what interpersonal zone do you conduct the majority of a patient assessment?

Answer 12

Personal zone

Question 13

Echoing a patient’s message back to him in your own words is a technique known as:

Answer 13

Relaxion

Question 14

Asking questions to refine a patient’s initially vague answer is called:

Answer 14

Clarification

Question 15

Active listening involves

Answer 15

empathy, reflection, clarification

Question 16

When arriving on the scene of an emergency, determining if your patient is a medical or trauma patient is most likely performed:

Answer 16

As you approach the PT and make your GI

Question 17

CAGE alcoholic questionnaire: C:
A:
G:
E

Answer 17

=Cut down- drinking “Have you ever felt need to cut down on drinking?”
=Annoyed- by criticism “Annoyed by people criticizing your drinking?”
=Guilty feelings- “Have you ever felt guilty about drinking?”
=Eye-opener- “You ever felt needing a drink 1st in the morning (eye-opener) to steady your nerves or to get rid of a hangover?

Question 18

Decorticate posturing:
Decerebrate posturing:

Answer 18

=elbows bend and fold their arms up toward their chest “cor cross”
=limbs all extend away from their head

Question 19

Vehicle airbags are designed to do

Answer 19

Cushion chest of large adults, deploy during front-end collisions, deflate automatically after deployment

Question 20

When arriving at a door, you should

Answer 20

Stand off to the side of the door when you knock

Question 21

Meth Labs are double treat b/c

Answer 21

People participating in illegal activity might be a threat to responders

Question 22

When arriving on the scene of an emergency, determining if your patient is a medical or trauma patient is most likely performed

Answer 22

When you approach the PT and make your GI