Vital Signs
Pt Assessment
Medical Terminology
Cellular Respiration
Anything goes
100
What is high blood pressure called?
Hypertension
100
What comes first in your arrival and assessment of patient?
SCENE SAFETY
100
What is the difference between anterior and posterior?
Anterior-front
Posterior-back
100
What is ATP?
energy
100
When artificially ventilating an adult patient, how often do you ventilate?
once every 5-6 seconds
200
What does "OPQRST" stand for?
Onset, Provocation, Quality, Radiation, Severity, Time
200
When examining the throat of your patient what are two indicators of thoracic cavity trauma?
JVD and tracheal deviation
200
What does hyper- and hypo- mean?
high/over and low/below
200
What form of metabolism happens with oxygen?
aerobic
200
What is the most common thing blocking the airway of a patient?
the tongue
300
A pattern of vital signs is known as what?
Trending vitals signs
300
What is one of the first indicators that your patient is or is not having good perfusion?
Skin Signs
300
What does bilateral mean?
Both sides
300
What is found ion is found outside the cell?
Sodium(Na+)
300
How is an NPA measured for a patient?
tip of nose to tip of earlobe
400
What is the medical term for "sweaty"?
*hint-its not clammy
Diaphoretic
400
What three things are checked on extremities during the trauma assessment and before and after splinting a limb?
Pulse, Movement, Sensation
400
What is the medical prefix used when referring to the heart?
cardio- cardi/o
400
What is required to complete the process of extracting energy from glucose and removing the wastes produced by the process?
Oxygen
400
What rhythm is the flatline on the monitor called?
asystole
500
If you take a blood pressure on a patient that is lying supine and then take another blood pressure when they are standing upright-what have you just conducted?
Orthostatic Vital signs
500
During what assessment would you manage life threats?
Primary Assessment
500
What is the medical prefix used when referring to the lungs?
pulmo- or pneumo-
500
The first portion of cellular metabolism that happens without oxygen(anaerobic) is called what?
glycolysis
500
What is our range for capnography?
35-45mmHg