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Health Assessment
Pain
Neuro/Muscular
Abdomen
Respiratory
100
The orderly collection of information concerning the patient's health.
What is a Health Assessment?
100
Increases Pain Transmission *Prostaglandins *Bradykinin *Substance P *Histatmine
What is Neurotransmitters (excitatory)?
100
Abnormal flexion
What is Decorticate Posture?
100
Fluid building up in the abdomen
What is Ascites?
100
Resonant
What is a Normal Sound?
200
An interview to gather subjective data from the patient or patient's representative (interview)
What is Health History?
200
Inhibit (Decreases) Pain *Serotonin *Endorphins
What is Neuromodulators (inhibitory)?
200
Abnormal extension
What is Decerebrate Posture?
200
Order of Abdominal Assessment
What is Look, Listen, and Feel?
200
Evaluates chest wall symmetry and depth of breathing
What is Chest Excursion?
300
The process of gathering objective data about the patient (hands on)
What is a Physical Assessment?
300
*Neurotransmitters *Neuromodulators
What is 2 Type of Neuroregulators?
300
When the opposite eye also responds
What is a Consensual Response?
300
*Less than 5 minutes or more than 20 seconds apart *Listen for 1-2 minutes
What is Hypoactive?
300
*Inspiration is longer than expiration *Softer, breezy, and more low pitched than the bronchovesicular sounds
What is Vesicular?
400
*Location *Onset and Duration *Precipitating factors *Relieving factors *Quality *Severity *Concomitant symptoms
What is Characteristics of a Complaint or Symptom?
400
Over time, larger amounts of a medication are needed to achieve the same affect.
What is Tolerance?
400
Measures ROM of each joint in degrees
What is a Goniometer?
400
*Loud and frequent *May be accompanied by cramping
What is Hyperactive?
400
*Loud, high-pitched, hollow sounding *Inspiration is shorter than expiration
What is Bronchial breath sounds?
500
*Inspection *Palpation *Percussion *Auscultation
What is the General Physical Assessment Techniques?
500
An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage.
What is Pain?
500
Pupils constrict to focus on close object
What is Accommodation?
500
Stomach growling
What is Borborygmus?
500
*Inspiratory phase equal to the expiratory phase *Softer than bronchial sounds *Low-pitched, breezy
What is Bronchovesicular breath sounds?