This number, measures the pressure when your heart beats. The next number, measures the pressure when your heart rests.
What is Systolic and Diastolic Pressure?(Blood Pressure)
100
Circulation, Sensation and Movement
What should be checked before and after any splinting of fractures?
100
This is based on individual and community conduct, standards imposed by law, and professional or institutional standards.
What is standard of conduct?
100
The back surface of the body.
What is posterior?
100
Pulse, BP, respirations, and temperature.
What are vital signs?
200
Between 60 and 100.
What is normal heart rate for an adult?
200
This used to help extricate a patient. Originally used to lift a patient straight up out of a seated position. Just dont transport a patient in it.
What is a K.E.D. ?
200
Leaving the patient before turning over to someone of same or higher level of care.
What is abandonment?
200
This term means towards the feet.
What is inferior?
200
These are what the patient tells you they are feeling.
What are symptoms?
300
Between 80 - 120
What is a childs normal heart rate?
300
This bone takes a lot to break. Special equipment is used to splint it. It can lead to a large loss of blood and shock.
What is a long bone fracture or femur fracture?
300
Allows to treat an unconscious patient.
What is implied consent?
300
This term is the portion in the middle from top to bottom.
What is the midline?
300
When you check these you have covered the bases. The three things to check on every patient.
What are ABC's?
400
Normally called a heart attack by the lay person.
What is a myocardial infarction?
400
This is what is used to determine what caused the injury.
What is M.O.I or mechanism of injury?
400
There is a duty to act but the standard of care was not followed and a patient suffered further injury.
What is gross negligence?
400
This is located in the left upper quadrant. It has a cozy place posterior to the stomach.
Where is the spleen?
400
The has punctured through the skin, but then went back in. These are prone to hurt.
What is an open fracture?
500
Blood enters the right atrium, then to the right ventricle. Next it flows to the lungs and back to the left atrium,
then to the left ventricle. It then goes to aorta and the body.
What is flow of blood through the heart?
500
These are used to help stop hemorrhage. They are used when a smaller bandage is unable to absorb blood.
What are hemostatic dressings and tourniquets?
500
These things that must reported. But be careful and be certain that there is evidence.
What is child, sexual or physical abuse?
500
These are the place where the pulses can be felt.
What are pedal, radial, brachial, femoral, carotid?
500
A patient is unable to lift his arm and is guarding it. They say that it hurts after they fell on their shoulder. But there is no bruise on the shoulder or no pain when you touch it.