TERMINOLOGY
ASSESSMENT
HEAD,NECK & EYES
LUNGS/HEART
MYSTERY CATEGORY
100
Occurs when pupils constrict and converge to focus on objects at close range.
What is accommodation?
100
Used to auscultate bruits
What is the bell of the stethoscope?
100
Occipital, submandibular, submental, preauricular
What are lymph nodes?
100
High pitched, discontinuous sounds similar to the sound produced by rubbing your hair between your fingers
What are crackles?
100
Cardiac auscultation sites
What are aorta, pulmonic, Erb's, tricuspid and mitral?
200
One side is the same as the other in regards to size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts.
What is symmetry?
200
Correct patient positioning for palpating the abdomen
What is with knees bent?
200
This hand held device is used to monitor how well measures how well you are filling your lungs with each breath.
What are aorta, pulmonic, Erb's, tricuspid and mitral?
200
I am going to auscultate your abdomen for bruits and palpate for masses.
What is, what not to say when examining your patient's abdomen?
300
Red reflex
What is seen when a direct light source is reflected from the retina?
300
Three questions to ask to assess A & O x 3
What is, "What is your name? Where are you? What day of the week is it?"
300
A medical device that indirectly measures the oxygen saturation of a patient's blood
What is pulse oxymeter
300
chest pain or discomfort that occurs when an area of your heart muscle doesn't get enough oxygen-rich blood
What is Angina
400
PERRLA
What are pupils, equal, round, reactive to light, accommodation?
400
Translucent and pearly gray
What is a normal tympanic membrane?
400
Rales, Ronchi and Wheezes
What is adventatious breath sounds
400
When plaque builds up in the arteries, the condition is called atherosclerosis (ATH-er-o-skler-O-sis).
What is atherosclerosis (ATH-er-o-skler-O-sis).
500
Turning the foot inward
What is inversion?
500
Rosenbaum and Jaeger
What are methods used to assess near vision?
500
Principle muscle of Respiration
What is Diaphragm
500
A life-threatening condition in which the heart can no longer pump enough blood to the rest of the body.
What is Congestive Heart Failure
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