AN ONGOING PROCESS OF OBSERVATION, ASSESSMENT, AND MEASUREMENT TO NOTE AND EVALUATE CHANGES IN PATIENT CONDITION.
What is EVALUATION
100
DIFFICULTY BREATHING CAUSED BY BRONCHOSPASM OR CONSTRICTION OF THE BRONCHI
What is ASTHMA
100
WHAT IS URTICARIA
What is HIVES
100
THE TERM USED FOR CHEST PAIN THAT OCCURS WHEN THE CORONARY ARTERIES ARE UNABLE TO SUPPLY THE HEART WITH SUFFICIENT OXYGEN
What is ANGINA
100
SENSATION OF DIZZINESS
What is VERTIGO
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
WHAT IS THE USUAL RESPONSE TO RESPIRATORY DISTRESS
What is TO ADMINISTER OXYGEN
200
A SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTION
What is ANAPHYLAXIS OR ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK
200
SUDDEN, INTENSE CHEST PAIN, OFTEN DESCRIBED AS A CRUSHING PAIN
What is HEART ATTACK
200
NOSE BLEED
What is EPISTAXIS
300
THIS TERM DENOTES A BLUISH COLORATION IN THE SKIN AND INDICATES A LACK OF SUFFICIENT OXYGEN IN THE TISSUES.
What is CYANOTIC
300
MORE THAN 65% OF THE DEATHS FROM FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION OCCUR IN CHILDREN OF WHAT AGE?
What is UNDER 1
300
THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS TERRIBLY THIRSTY, URINATES COPIOUS AMOUNT FREQUENTLY, AND HAS FRUITY-SMELLING NREATH MAY BE APPROACHING....
What is DIABETIC COMA
300
LACK OF EFFECTIVE CIRCULATION TO THE CNS CAN CUASE IRREPARABLE BRAIN DAMAGE IN __-__ MINUTES
What is 3-5
300
FAINTING
What is SYNCOPE
400
NORMAL ORAL TEMPERATURES VARY FROM ____ TO ____ DEGREES.
What is 96.8-99.6
400
A HARSH, HIGH-PITCHED SOUND
What is STRIDOR
400
THIS OCCURS AS A RESULT OF A FOCAL OR GENERALIZED DISTURBANCE OF BRAIN FUNCTION AND IS ACCOMPANIES BY A CHANGE IN THE LOC.
What is SEIZURE
400
DURING CARDIAC ARREST AND/OR RESUSCITATION, A RAPID WEAK, AND INEFFECTIVE HEARTBEAT MAY BE PRESENT. THIS STATE IS CALLED....
What is FIBRILLATION
400
RUPTURE OF A CEREBRAL ARTERY CAN CAUSE A HEMORRHAGE INTO THE BRAIN TISSUE, OR AN ARTERY MAY BECOME OCCLUDED AND CAUSE AN INTERRUPTION IN THE BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE AREA BEYOND THE OCCLUSION.
What is CVA OR STROKE
500
A RAPID PULSE
What is TACHYCARDIA
500
WHEN DOING THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER OR ABDOMINAL THRUSTS, WHAT IS IT THAT HELPS DISLODGE THE FOREIGN BODY.
What is THE RESERVE SUPPLY OF AIR THATS IN THE LUNGS
500
A GENERAL TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A FAILURE OF CIRCULATION IN WHICH BP IS INADEQUATE TO SUPPORT OXYGEN PERFUSION
What is SHOCK
500
AN ELECTRIC SHOCK TO THE CHEST CAN STIMULATE THE HEART TO RETURN TO THE NORMAL RHYTHM. ONE RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN TREATING CARDIAC ARREST IS THE INCREASING USE OF...
What is AEDs (AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS)
500
AS A RULE OF THUMB, AN AVERAGE DIASTOLIC PRESSURE GREATER THAN __mm hG INDICATES SOME DEGREE OF HYPERTENSION. LESS THAN __ mm Hg INDICATES HYPOTENSION AND MAY SIGNAL SHOCK.