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57 Cards in this Set
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Process of informed observation?
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Inspection
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using you sense of touch to gather information?
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palpation
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production of sound waves by striking one object against another?
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percussion
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listening with a stethoscope for sounds produced by the body?
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auscultation
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loud, high pitched, drumlike sound heard when the stomach is percussed?
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tympany
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Loud low pitched booming sound heard when a hyperinflated lung is percussed?
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hyperresonance
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low low pitched hollow sound heard when the normal lung is percussed?
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resonance
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pattern and equality of intervals between pulses?
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pulse rhythm
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strength of a pulse which can be weak, thready, strong, bounding?
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quality
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pulse rate lower that 60?
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bradycardia
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pulse rate higher than 100?
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tachycardia
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term for rapid breathing?
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tachypnea
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term for slow breathing?
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bradypnea
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how hard the patient works to breath is called?
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respiratory effort
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the depth and pattern of breathing is called?
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quality of respiration
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the amount of air one breath moves in and out of the lungs is called?
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tidal volume
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the force of blood against arteries when ventricles contract is called?
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systolic blood pressure
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the force of blood against the arteries when ventricles relax is called?
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diastolic blood pressure
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sounds of blood hitting arterial walls is called?
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Korotkoff's sounds
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normal breathing rate and pattern is called....?
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eupnea
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breathing at a normal rate but with deep respirations is called....?
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hyperpnea
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gradual increases and decreases in respirations with periods of apnea are called....
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Cheyne-Stokes
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passage of blood through an organ or tissue is called?
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perfusion
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difference between a patients systolic and diastolic pressure is called?
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pulse pressure
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blood pressure higher than normal is called?
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hypertension
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device used to examine the interior of the eye is called?
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ophthalmoscope
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device used to examine the interior of the ears and nose is called?
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otoscope
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device used to measure infant's length to provide info concerning drug dosages, airway adjuncts, and iv calculations is?
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Broselow tape
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the general survey begins with noting the patient's?
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appearance
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Normal oxygen saturation at sea level
should be between...? |
96 and 100%
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any disruption in normal tissue is called a....?
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lesion
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failure to develop hair growth during puberty may indicate?
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pituitary or hormonal problem
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discharge from the ear canal is called?
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otorrhea
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smell of acetone on a patient's breath indicates?
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DKA
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acronym SCALP stands for?
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Skin
Connective Tissue Aproneurotica Subaponuerotica Tissue Pericranium |
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soft, swishy, low pitched sounds at the lung periphery are called?
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vesicular sounds
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hand pain and numbness especially at night is called?
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carpal tunnel syndrome
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test that is useful for evaluating the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments in the knee is?
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Drawer test
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degree of hip abduction is normally?
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120 degrees
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the opening in the center of each vertebra, through which the spinal cord travels is called?
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spinal foramen
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condition in which there is a lateral curvature of the spine
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scoliosis
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a peripheral pulse score of 3+ indicates what?
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bounding
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Loud, prolonged, gurgling abdominal sounds are known as?
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Borborygmi
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what are the 5 areas of a neurologic exam?
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mental status and speech
cranial nerves motor system sensory system reflexes |
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in amnesia cases, you may see a condition in which the patient makes up facts and events responding to questions, this is called?
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confabulation
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you shine a light into one pupil and the pupil in the opposite eye constricts...this is called?
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consensual reaction
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a ratchet-like jerkiness in a patient's resistance to passive stretching in extremities is called?
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cog-wheel rigidity
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abnormalities in a patient's sense of position suggest?
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cerebellar disease
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abnormality in patient's sense of light touch suggests?
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peripheral neuropathy
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during a plantar reflex assessment, the big toe dorsiflexes while the other toes fan out, the patient is said to have a positive.....?
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Babinski's response
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bulging sutures in an infants skull indicate what?
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increased ICP
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Normal systolic blood pressure for school aged children range from?
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97 to 112
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SOAP stands for?
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Subjective
Objective Assessment Plan |
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what are the 4 basic physical exam techniques?
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inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation
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what are the 5 percussion sounds...?
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tympany, hyperresonance, resonance, dull, flat
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4 muscle tone findings?
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spasticity, ridigity, flaccidity, paratonia
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cullens sign
discoloration around the umbilicus suggestive of intra-abdominal hemorrhage |
Grey Turners sign
discoloration over the flanks suggesting intra-abdominal bleeding |