Respiratory
Mainly heard in the lower lobes, these lung sounds often sound like ricecrispies popping.
What crackles/rales?
A determination made by asking the patient the questions of person, place, time and event. This helps to provide information about the patient's memory.
What is alert/orientation?
The formula for finding Cardiac Output.
What is stroke volume x heart rate?
Name the five divisions of the spine.
What is servical thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccyx.
An assessment tool used to measure oxygen saturation of hemaglobin in capillary beds.
What is pulse oximertry.
This sound is often heard when the tongue falls back in to the upper airway.
What are snoring respiration?
An impairment that affects the ability to speak and/or read and write.
What is aphasia?
This is the only vein that carries oxygenated blood.
What is the pulmonary vein.
The grating, grinding, and crackling sensation made when two pieces of broken bone are rubbed together.
What is crepitus?
A type of physical exam that is typically performed on responsive patients who have sustained an isolated injury. The type of exam is based on the chief complaint and focuses on one body part or system.
What is a focused exam?
The formula for minute volume includes these.
What is tidal volume and respiratory rate?
The slow progressive onset of disorientation, shortened attention span, and loss of cognitive function.
What is dementia?
The formula for systolic blood pressure.
What is cardiac output x systemic vascular resistance?
The presence of an abnormal angle or bend in an extremity.
What is angulation?
The overall initial impression that determines the priority of patient care; based on the patient surroundings, mechanism of injury, signs and symptoms, and the chief complaint.
What is general impression?
This is placed on a sucking chest wound if it is found during an assessment.
What is a three sided, occlusive dressing.
Unequal pupils with at least 1 mm difference.
What is anisocoria?
This can cause the combination of a narrowed pulse pressure, muffled heart tones, and JVD.
What is a pericardial tampanode?
This is the name used when there is any break in the integrity of the skin near a fracture.
What is an open fracture?
A systematic head-to-toe exam performed during the secondary assessment of a patient who has sustained a significant mechanism of injury, is unresponsive, or in critical condition.
What is a full-body exam?
Hemoptysis
What is coughing up blood?
An abnormal sensation such as numbness, tingling, or burning.
What is paresthesia?
The residual pressure remaining in the circulatory system while the left ventricle is at rest.
What is diastolic pressure?
The most common type of fracture found in pediatrics.
What is a greenstick fracture?
A subsection of the patient history that provide's valuable information regarding the patient's overall health status and risk factors for various disease processes; includes items such as tobacco use, sexual behavior, diet, travel history, living environment, and occupation.
What is a social history?