What is the term for putting yourself in someone else's shoes and taking on their pain or discomfort?
Empathy
What is the highest normal blood pressure value?
120/80
Which crime scene search method has no geometric pattern?
Link method
Are polygraph results admissible in court? Can they be used as evidence against someone?
No- too many variables. People can manipulate their response.
What is the name of the fingerprint pattern that makes a circular motion?
Whorl
What is the term for what brought you in to see the doctor?
Chief complaint
What is the term for the palpable pressure you feel on the outside of the body to detect a heart beat?
Pulse
Which crime scene search pattern is used in open water?
Spiral
What kind of questions are asked during a polygraph?
Yes/No
What does Homeostasis mean?
Equilibrium or balance in the body.
What is the term for health issues that we can see with the naked eye?
Physical signs
What is the normal oxygen saturation range?
96-100%
Which crime scene search method involves readily defined indoor areas? Think house or building.
Zone method
What does skin conductivity measure?
Sweat, salt on the skin
What does the term Triage mean?
Prioritizing patients based on the severity of their illness.
What is the term for symptoms we cannot see, but rather what the patient says they feel? ex. nausea
Symptoms
What is the normal heart rate range?
60-100
Which crime scene search method lines searchers up, arm-length apart, in one direction?
Line Method
What does the term "Physiological" mean?
Physical changes within the body occurring due to what you are seeing, thinking or feeling. (ex. dangerous threat, anxiety, pain or lying).
What is the term for an outward expression or impression that someone can display?
Demeanor
What is the term for the label the doctor gives for the symptoms you are feeling?
Diagnosis
What is diastolic vs. systolic? What do they mean and which one is on top?
Sys.- top, when the heart contracts
Dias.- bottom, in-between beats
Which search method starts at one critical point and moves outwards in all directions?
Wheel or ray method
What are the 4 physiologic responses are measured or monitored on a polygraph?
Heart rate, blood pressure, skin conductivity, respiratory rate
What term refers to the way that someone delivers information, such as a doctor?
Tact