Vitals
"What would you do?"
Define
Procedures
Professions
100
120/80
What is a normal blood pressure?
100
apply direct pressure
What is the first thing done for minor to severe bleeding?
100
An inflammation of the bronchi in the lungs
What is bronchitis?
100
Cutting off circulation to the brachial artery to see how much pressure is required to overcome it.
What is taking a blood pressure?
100
A person licensed to practice medicine.
What is a practitioner?
200
12-20
What is normal respiration rate in an adult?
200
splint in position of comfort
What is done for sprains, strains, or possible fractures?
200
A detailed plan of a scientific or medical experiment, treatment, or procedure.
What are protocols?
200
This procedure can be 4-lead or 12-lead and involves viewing the electrical activity of the heart.
What is an ECG?
200
A branch of rehabilitative health that uses specially designed exercises and equipment to help patients regain or improve their physical abilities.
What is physical therapy?
300
60-100
What is a normal pulse rate?
300
check ABCs
What is done first for ALL patients?
300
A critical condition brought on by a sudden drop of blood flow through the body.
What is shock?
300
This is the administration of antigenic material to stimulate adaptive immunity to a disease.
What is vaccination?
300
A mid-level medical practitioner who works under the supervision of a licensed doctor or osteopathic physician.
What is a physician assistant?
400
90-140
What is the normal adult systolic bp?
400
Apply butter
What is done to burnt toast?
400
Vasoconstriction and bronchodilation
What are the actions of Epinephrine?
400
**DAILY DOUBLE** This is part of a physical examination in which the body is felt (usually with the hands of a healthcare practitioner) to determine size, shape, firmness, or location.
What is palpation?
400
A system of medicine based on the theory that the normal body, when in correct adjustment, is an organism naturally capable of making its own responses to and defenses against disease.
What is osteopathic medicine?
500
0-10
What is the "fifth vital sign," pain scale?
500
Perform two minutes or 5 cycles of CPR
What should be done to a pulseless patient after one shock from an AED?
500
<50mg/dl and altered LOC
How is hypoglycemia characterized?
500
Incision, drainage, and clinical are 3 types of this. They are minor surgical procedures to release pus or pressure built up under the skin, such as from an abscess, boil, or infected paranasal sinus.
What is lancing?
500
Not your typical idea of a nurse, this profession can prescribe medicine in all 50 states, practice independently in 25 states, provide complete physical examinations, and perform many other tasks that physicians can (much like a physician assistant).
What is a nurse practitioner?
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