Assessment 101
Symptoms, indications, clinical health
What an assessment tells you
I am the type of question that gets you a "yes" or "no" answer
What is a closed question
I am the sensation of blood flow close to the skin surface
What is a pulse
I am the good things that happen because of an assessment.
What are benefits
I am the imaginary line through your body
What is a plumb line
I tell an RMT what they are able to do
What is the scope of practice
A patient's perspective is considered this
What is subjective information
I am normal blood pressure
What is 120/80
I can refer you to another healthcare provider.
What is an alternative
I am a postural analysis from the side
What is the lateral view
I tell an RMT how to do what they can and cannot do
What are the Standards of Practice
I am the determination reached at the end of an assessment
What is a clinical Impression
I am the bottom number in blood pressure
What is diastolic
This is what will happen.
What is the nature of the assessment
I am another assessment technique that accompanies postural analysis at the same time
What is palpation
Severe pain with no history of injury
What is a red flag
I am the term that tells an RMT not to perform a treatment
What is a contraindication
I am the name of the sound you hear in your stethoscope when performing blood pressure
What is Korotkoff sound
Permission to touch the buttocks
What is sensitive areas consent
I am the term for when the scapulas appear to move forward on the body
What is protraction
A deep vein thrombosis (DVT)/Blood Clot
What is a local contraindication
S.O.A.P
What is subjective, objective, analysis, plan
I am the dizzy sensation that happens when you stand up too fast
What is orthostatic hypotension
The four sensitive areas
What are chest wall, breast, gluteals and upper inner thigh
I am the term for "knock kneed"
What is Genu Valgum/ Genu Valgus