Induction to the Secondary Assessment
Assessment in the Medical Patient
Assessment in the Trauma Patient
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Thank the Lord for memory aids!
100
This is the purpose of the secondary assessment of a patient.
What is finding out what is wrong with the patient.
100
For the responsive medical patient we use a different type of technique, it is called?
What is a focus exam. The first step is to talk to the patient to obtain the history of his present illness and the past medical history, followed by performing the physical exam and gathering the vital signs.
100
There are seven steps to a rapid trauma assessment. What are they?
What is head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities, and posterior.
100
Something regarding the patient's condition that you see.
What is sign.
100
A memory aid in which the letters stand for questions asked to get a description of the present illness.
What is OPQRST.
200
This component of the secondary assessment is where you use your senses to figure out whats going on with your patient.
What is the physical examination.
200
For an unresponsive medical patient, this is the type of exam we use on them to figure out what is wrong.
What is a rapid physical assessment, that is head toe but quick to determine what is going on.
200
This is the kind of assessment you would perform on a patient that was found unresponsive after being ejected from a vehicle in a roll-over collision.
What is a rapid trauma exam due to mechanism of injury.
200
Something regarding the patient's condition that the patient tells you.
What is symptom.
200
a memory aid in which the used to help you remember the information you must obtain from the patient reference their history.
What is SAMPLE.
300
This component of the secondary assessment when you ask important questions that will provide you with vital information about your patient.
What is the patient history.
300
What are three the other ways one can gather medical information if the patient, bystanders or family members are unable too.
What is look at medications, look for medical bracelets, medication lists in purse or on counter, look for scars from previous surgeries, knowledge from previous calls,
300
This is the order for straps when back boarding a trauma patient.
What is chest, abdomen, legs, head
300
This is a description or label for a patient's condition that assists a clinician in further evaluation and treatment.
What is a diagnosis
300
This memory aid is used during your examination for types of injuries that can be seen on a patient.
What is DCAP-BTLS
400
This component of the secondary assessment is done to help you further diagnosis your patient's condition and help decide priority, further interventions, etc.
What is vital signs.
400
You are trying to get information from the very upset son of an unresponsive man. He is the only available family member. He is so upset that he his having difficulty talking to you. What do you do to get him to calm to calm down and to give you his father's medical history.
What is reassure him you are trying to do what you can, be direct and honest, let him know he is not helping the situation, have him take a few deep breaths
400
This is an excellent way to check for circulation output in pediatric patients but is not always reliable in adults.
What is capillary refill
400
This assessment is done to detect signs and symptoms of injury. It includes examination of the face, ears, eyes, nose, and mouth during the examination of the head. It is used to gather additional information about the patient's injuries and conditions.
What is the detailed physical exam
400
This memory aid is used to remember the Valves inside of the heart.
What is Tee Pee My Aunt
500
The three techniques of a physical examinations are
What is observe, auscultate, palpate
500
Your patient is a three pack a day smoker which means his blood pressure will be affected how
What is nicotine present will increase blood pressure and heart rate. It will also decrease oxygen to the heart and increase blood clotting and damage to cells that line the coronary arteries and other blood vessels.
500
A patient with a chest injury may have a lung collapse. Why are the breath sounds on the injured side typically decreased or absent when the chest cavity is filled with air, which usually transmits sound very well?
Lungs produce audible sounds that you can auscultate through a stethoscope whenever air rushes in and out of the lung structures: the lung tubing (bronchi and bronchioles) and the air sacs (alveoli). If a lung collapses, air cannot move through these structures and fails to resonate audible sounds.
500
This is a type of motion movement of a part of the chest in the opposite direction to the rest of the chest during respiration. This is seen in severe chest trauma.
What is paradoxical movment
500
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