WFI Flashcards
Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat (HEENT) is part of the PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;
This examination offers an opportunity for the examiner to assess each person’s ability to:
wear head protection, a respirator face piece, and other respiratory protection.
Cardiovascular (CV)
The CV exam must include:
seated blood pressure
Pulse
auscultation of the heart
Typically, uniformed personnel suffering from early lung or heart disease will deny being more fatigued while fighting fires. More common is the complaint that:
during the past year or two the individual’s tolerance for exercise has diminished.
The respiratory exam should include:
inspection for respiratory rate and effort;
presence of coughing or sneezing;
skin color and any clubbing of the digits (indicative of respiratory diseases);
auscultation for breath sounds and any abnormal sounds (expiratory wheezing, inspiratory crackles, or stridor);
Spirometry is an effective screening and surveillance exam for pulmonary disease and shall be included in the exam.
Gastrointestinal exam:
Generally right upper quadrant is palpated for evidence of:
liver, colon or gall bladder disease;
Gastrointestinal exam:
Generally the left upper quadrant is palpated for:
spleen or colon pathology.
Rectal-
The purpose of this procedure is to screen for:
rectal masses,
mucosal abnormalities such as hemorrhoids,
anal fissures
cancerous lesions
and to detect prostate abnormalities in men.
Cranial Nerves Exam — a focused cranial nerve examination includes an emphasis on the senses. The cranial nerve exam includes:
CN1 controls?
smell
(often omitted unless history of head trauma or toxic inhalation);
Cranial Nerves Exam — a focused cranial nerve examination includes an emphasis on the senses. The cranial nerve exam includes:
CN2 controls?
vision;
Cranial Nerves Exam — a focused cranial nerve examination includes an emphasis on the senses. The cranial nerve exam includes:
CN3 controls?
pupillary constriction; elevation of the eyelid; extra ocular eye movements;
Cranial Nerves Exam — a focused cranial nerve examination includes an emphasis on the senses. The cranial nerve exam includes:
CN4 controls?
extraocular eye movement
Cranial Nerves Exam — a focused cranial nerve examination includes an emphasis on the senses. The cranial nerve exam includes:
CN5 controls?
jaw movement;
Cranial Nerves Exam — a focused cranial nerve examination includes an emphasis on the senses. The cranial nerve exam includes:
CN6 controls?
extraocular eye movements;
Cranial Nerves Exam — a focused cranial nerve examination includes an emphasis on the senses. The cranial nerve exam includes:
CN7 controls?
muscles of the face
Cranial Nerves Exam — a focused cranial nerve examination includes an emphasis on the senses. The cranial nerve exam includes:
CN8 controls?
hearing and balance;
Cranial Nerves Exam — a focused cranial nerve examination includes an emphasis on the senses. The cranial nerve exam includes:
CN9 controls?
taste; pharynx movements;
Cranial Nerves Exam — a focused cranial nerve examination includes an emphasis on the senses. The cranial nerve exam includes:
CN10 controls?
movement and sensation in the oropharynx;
Cranial Nerves Exam — a focused cranial nerve examination includes an emphasis on the senses. The cranial nerve exam includes:
CN11 controls?
movement of the neck muscles;
Cranial Nerves Exam — a focused cranial nerve examination includes an emphasis on the senses. The cranial nerve exam includes:
CN12 controls?
tongue movement.
What is the Rhomberg test?
MOTOR ASSESSMENT- feet to-gether, arms outstretched, palms up and eyes closed
Reflexes — this examination includes the standard evaluation of reflexes on a ____ scale, including the ankle, knee, bicep, tricep, and brachioradialis.
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What is overtaking smoking as the number one cause of preventable deaths and is associated with an increase in almost every chronic disease including but not limited to: cardiovascular disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, heart failure, diabetes, several types of cancer, asthma and chronic lung diseases, obstructive sleep apnea, dementia, arthritis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Obesity
What is the preferred method of estimating body composition?
The WFI has selected the skinfold measurement eval-uation
Individuals with more intra-abdominal/visceral fat, which is fat around abdominal organs, are at an increased risk of:
hypertension,
type 2 diabetes,
dyslipidemia,
coronary artery disease
premature death.
abdominal fat is no longer thought of as just a passive or inert reservoir for storing energy; it is an:
active endocrine organ, secreting many factors capable of increasing systemic inflammation within the body
The role of white blood cells is to:
help the body defend itself against infection.
The purpose of red blood cells is to:
carry oxygen to the body’s tissues.
Platelets are essential to the bloods ability to:
properly clot.
What is formed when RBC’s break down that serves as a liver ‘function’ test?
bilirubin
What is a protein made by the liver, thus it is a liver ‘function’ test?
albumin
Cells use ________ as a fuel substrate for the pro-duction of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the basic source of energy used in all metabolic reactions
glucose