Patient Assessment

Signs/Symptoms

100

subjective condition a patient feels and tells you

Symptom

200

Objective a condition you can see or measure

Sign

300

The conclusion about the cause of the pt's condition

Field Impression

400

This term is used to describe the amount of force, how and where it was applied to the body

Mechanism of Injury

500

The WHY, the reason you are there

Chief Complaint

Primary

100

Done to identify and treat imminent of life threats, includes ABC's, Vitals, and LOC

Primary Assessment

200

Overall initial perception of a pt, determines pt priority, surroundings, MOI/NOI, signs and symptoms, as well as chief complaint

General Impression

300

This term is used in primary assessment, includes external, verbal, tactile and painful stimuli

Responsiveness

LOC

400

A test to determine this done by asking 4 things of a patient

Orientation

500

Someone breathing without assistance or supplemental oxygen

Spontaneous Respirations

Respiratory

100

A harsh high-pitched sound, generally heard during inspiration(inhalation), caused by a partial obstruction in the Upper airway

Stridor

200

Rattling breath sounds that signal fluid in spaces where air belongs

Crackles

300

High-pitched sound, prominently heard on exhalation, suggests an obstruction of the Lower airway, 

Dyspnea, hives,facial, swelling, stridor

Wheezing

400

Productive cough,chest pain, clear/white sputum, Low pitched sound from Upper airway

Rhonchi

500

*Collapse of alveolar air space of the lungs*

Atelectasis

Cardia

100

Smallest dosage of acetylslicylic acid you can give

81mg(low-dose/baby Aspirin)

200

This term  is the result of interference shown on on ECG

Artifact

300

There are two types of heart rhythms which an AED will recognize and shock in, Shakira and Sonic

vTac and vFib

ventricular Tachycardia
ventricular Fibrillation

400

When applying ECG electrodes, you must use these as reference points for where to apply each one

Intercostal spaces

500

When a pt has had an AMI or angina they may have one of these devices on or in them

Cardiac assistive devices
LVAD

Pacemakers

Stent

automatic implantable cardiac defbrillators External defib vest

Behavioral

100

A pt's actions in response to the environment

Behavior

200

Overarching name for behavioral illness symptoms resulting in impaired functioning

Pyschiatric Disorder

300

A term for when a pt is "delulu" or delusional, in their own reality having blurred the line between fantasy and reality

Psychosis

400

Causes of this include:TBI, seizures, drug/alcohol abuse, overdoes, or withdrawal and diseases of the brain

Organic Brain Syndrome

500

Symptoms of this emergency include hyperactive, irrational behavior, vivid hallucinations, with potential violent behavior. Signs include hypertension, hyperthermia, tachycardia, diaphoresis, and dilated pupils

Excited Delirium