AN ONGOING PROCESS OF OBSERVATION, ASSESSMENT, AND MEASUREMENT TO NOTE AND EVALUATE CHANGES IN PATIENT CONDITION.
What is EVALUATION
100
MEASURES THE BODY'S BASIC METABOLIC STATE, THE RATE AT WHICH IT USES ENERGY.
What is TEMPERATURE READING
100
DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING CAUSED BY BRONCHOSPASM OR CONSTICTION OF THE BRONCHI.
What is ASTHMA
100
THE TERM FOR CHEST PAIN THAT OCCURS WHEN THE CORONARY ARTERIES ARE UNABLE TO SUPPY THE HEART WITH SUFFICIENT OXYGEN TO MEET CURRENT NEEDS.
What is ANGINA
100
THE ADMINISTRATION OF ANY MEDICATION HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE A
What is MEDICAL EMERGENCY
200
A SKILL OF ACUTE OBSERVATION THAT COMPARES THE ACTIONS AND APPEARANCE OF THIS PATIENT WITH THOSE OF SIMILAR PATIENTS YOU HAVE SEEN.
What is EYEBALLING THE PATIENT
200
NORMAL ORAL TEMPS VARY FROM...
What is 96.8-99.6
200
MOST PERSONS WITH CHRONIC ASTHMA CARRY A
What is NEBULIZER
200
IF A PATIENT COMPLAINS OF A SUDDEN, INTENSE CHEST PAIN, OFTEN DESCRIBED AS A CRUSHING PAIN, YOU SHOULD ASSUME UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE THAT THE PATIENT MIGHT BE HAVING A
What is HEART ATTACK
200
A MODERATE ALLERGIC REATION IS CHARACTERIZED BY ERYTHEMA, _____, AND/OR DYSPNEA.
What is URTICARIA (HIVES)
300
DENOTES A BLUISH COLORATION IN THE SKIN
What is CYANOTIC
300
THE ADVANCING PRESSURE WAVE IN AN ARTERY CAUSED BY THE EXPULSION OF BLOOD WHEN THE LEFT VENTRICLE OF THE HEART CONTRACTS.
What is PULSE
300
A COMMON EXAMPLE OF RESPIRATIORY ARREST
What is CHOKING
300
CAUSED MY INTERRUPTION OF THE ELECTRIC SIGNALS THAT CONTROL THE HEART MUSCLE
What is FIBRILLATION
300
WHEN A DIABETIC PATIENT SUFFERS FROM KETOACIDOSIS, THE BODY ATTEMPT TO COMPENSATE FOR THE ACIDOSIS BY ______________ AND EXCRETION OF MINERALS AND WATER IN THE URINE.
What is HYPERVENTILATION
400
ANOTHER WORD FOR PERSPIRING
What is DIAPHORETIC
400
THE TOP FIGURE OF A BP READING
What is SYSTOLIC PRESSURE
400
DOING THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER HELPS DISLODGE A FOREIGN BODY BECAUSE
What is THE LUNGS HOLD MORE AIR THAN IS NORMALLY USED DURING RESPIRATION; THE RESERVE SUPPLY IS USED TO FORCE IT UP
400
DURING CARDIAC ARREST AND/OR RESUSCITATION, A RAPID, WEAK, AND INEFFECTIVE HEARTBEAT MAY BE PRESENT. THIS STATE IS CALLED...
What is FIBRILLATION
400
PRESENT SIMILAR SYMPTOMS OF A STROKE BUT USUALLY LAST ONLY MINUTES OR AT MOST A FEW HOURS.
What is A TIA (TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK)
500
TOUCHING A PATIENT ALLOW YOU TO MAKE PHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS ABOUT YOUR PATIENT, BUT TOUCH IS ALSO A FORM OF ___________________ AND ___________________.
What is COMMUNICATION AND REASSURANCE
500
A SYSTOLIC PRESSURE OF __-___ mm Hg IS WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS, AS IS A DIASTOLIC PRESSURE OF __-__mm Hg.
What is 95-120 and 60-90
500
MORE THAN __% OF THE DEATHS FROM FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION OCCUR IN CHILDREN UNER 1 YEAR.
What is 65%
500
WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER AN UNCONSCIOUS PATIENT OR OBSERVE A PATIENT SUDDENLY LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS, YOU SHOULD
What is INITIATE THE "SHAKE AND SHOUT" MANEUVER
500
WHEN BLOOD POOLS IN THE EXTREMITIES WHEN THE TORSO IS ELEVATED, IT CAUSED MOMENTARY CEREBRAL ______, A LACK OF OXYGEN TO THE BRAIN