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My head hurts!
Swelling!
Nausea/Vomiting are all what?
Signs or symptoms
Q stands for what?
Quality
What does the mnemonic DCAP-BTLS assist in assessing?
Traumatic Injuries
Pulses and Respirations are evaluated but not counted in the newborn. How do we evaluate these items?
Fast or Slow
AVPU is a mnemonic for assessing....
Level of Consciousness
I get hives when I take that medication. This is an adverse reaction called?
Allergy
Provocation is your P word and it stimulates the question...
what makes the pain worse?
minor injuries that do not break the skin but are easy to spot because of their color would fit under what letter? DCAP-BTLS
C-Contusions
APGAR is an evaluation that must be done twice. When do you evaluate your APGAR scores.
1 minute and 5 minutes
U stands for unresponsive, how would you assess to ensure that your pt is indeed unresponsive and will not puke on you when you insert an OPA?
Sternal Rub or flicking of the eyelashes
M stands for medications, why is it important to know what kind of medication they are taking?
complicating side effects related to current issue and they can give you insight to the patients medical condition.
O represents "Onset", what question would you ask to determine more information about onset?
What were you doing when this started?
Bleeding that is oozing out of an injury would fit under what letter?
A-Abrasions
A pink core and blue extremities would indicate what resuscitative measure is necessary?
blow by oxygen and stimulation.
When first visualizing your patient from across the room, you could easily assess the LOC of you patient if they were...A, V, P, or U?
ALERT
Why do we need to know what the last oral intake was?
Prepare for the worst
T represents
Time-how long have you been experiencing this
An injury that is an open wound and usually actively bleeding that is gaping open with smooth edges is called a?
Laceration
APGAR assists in evaluating the newborn. Which letters remind us to check for adequate oxygenation?
A-appearance and
R-respirations
Verbal response required you to interact with your pt by doing what?
talking to them, asking a question, something that elicits a response
What lead to this current situation, What letter do we use to remind us to investigate?
E-Events
R-represents
Radiation
Obvious angulations of the normally straight bones of the body would fall under what letter?
D-Deformities
The second A in APGAR stands for what?
Activity
If your pt appears unresponsive but moans when you sternal rub their chest, your pt falls into the category of what letter of AVPU?
Painful