SAMPLE and OPQRST
SAMPLE and OPQRST are both used during this type of patient interaction.
Patient assessment
Sodium chloride, which you know better as "table" this:
Salt
N is the symbol for the unit of force named for him.
Newton
"Genetics" as we use the word was coined in a 1905 letter by William Bateson, who popularized this monk's work.
Gregor Mendel
This is the most common site to take a person’s pulse on the wrist.
Radial artery
OPQRST is especially useful for assessing this kind of complaint.
Pain
Nitrous oxide also goes by this name.
It sounds like a pit crew, but it's the branch of physics concerned with motion & the action of forces on matter.
Mechanics
The "23" of 23andme.com, a site tracing ancestry & personal genetic information, refers to pairs of these.
Chromosomes
The four main vital signs are temperature, pulse, respiration, and this measurement of force against artery walls.
Blood pressure
The “P” in SAMPLE and the “P” in OPQRST mean different things — name both.
Past Medical History and Provocation
Chimney sweeps may find this 4-letter form of amorphous carbon coating their workplace.
Soot
The distance x that a runner will cover from a standing start is given by the equation x = 1/2 at^2, where t is time & a stands for this.
Way faster than it used to be, it's the act of determining a series like ACAAGATGCC & with it your genetic blueprint.
genome sequencing
The average normal oral temperature for an adult in Fahrenheit.
98.6°F
During your assessment, the patient reports sharp chest pain that started suddenly while exercising. You use OPQRST to learn more about the pain, then use SAMPLE to find out this type of background information that could reveal heart risk factors.
Past medical history
Sodium bicarbonate, used in ovens & refrigerators alike, is known by this common 2-word name.
Sodium carbonate
In classical physics, laws of conservation cover mass, energy & this, equal to mass times velocity.
Momentum
This test performed between the 15th & 18th weeks of pregnancy can detect fetal genetic disorders.
Amniocentesis
A device used to measure blood pressure.
sphygmomanometer
Using SAMPLE and OPQRST together helps the healthcare provider quickly determine the patient’s condition and necessary interventions. What is this process called?
Assessment/evaluation
"G" is for this, hydrated calcium sulfate, used in drywall.
Gypsum
It's the branch of physics that deals with the relationship between heat, work, temperature & energy.
Thermodynamics
In 1986 the U.S. issued the first patent on a plant produced through genetic engineering, a hybrid of this grain.
Corn
This term describes an abnormally fast heart rate over 100 beats per minute in adults.
tachycardia