Respiratory
Adventitious Sounds
What are abnormal Breath sounds
Stenosis
What is the narrowing of an arterial blood vessel.
Turgor
What is pinching the skin and seeing how long it takes to go back down.
(Instead of bouncing right back in place this could indicate dehydration)
Atrophied muscle
What is the muscle has reduced in size, usually feels soft and boggy when palpated
Ptosis
What is drooping of lid over the eyeball
ABC stand for
What are airway, breathing, circulation
Dysrhythmia
What is failure for the heart to beat at regular successive intervals (irregular rhythm)
Indurated
What is hardened and raised or swelling texture of the skin
Hypotonicity muscle
What is a muscle that has little tone (feels flabby)
Percussion
What is tapping the skin with the fingers to vibrate underlying tissues and organs.
Orthopnea
What is dyspnea (SOA) during exertion or at rest
A Child has 20/60 vision, what do you tell the mother?
What is go see an ophthalmologist.
Edema
What is areas of skin become swollen from a buildup of fluid in the tissues.
Peristalsis
What is movement of content through the digestive tract
Striae
What are stretch marks
Bronchovesicular Lung Sounds:
What are normal lung sounds
Murmurs
What are sustained swishing or blowing sounds heard in the heart
Alopecia
What is hair loss or thinning of hair
Glasgow Coma Scale & Orientation
What is evaluation of patient's neurological status: Eye, Verbal, & Motor, Highest score:15
What is your name and birthdate?, Where are you?, What day is this?, Can you move your toes? What season is it?
Syncope
What is fainting or passing out.
Kyphosis
What is large curve on back (the spine) found sometimes in older ladies and older men
Thrill
What is a continuous palpable sensation that resembles the purring of a cat.
Where do you hear this where it is normal?
Acronym for checking for skin cancer
What is ABCD: Asymmetry, Border, Color, Diameter
Aphasia
What is difficulty speaking.
(Receptive aphasia: Person cannot understand written or verbal speech. Expressive Aphasia: Cannot write or speak appropriately when trying to communicate)
Diaphoresis
What is sweating
(found with alcoholics or sedative use that they are weaning off)