Accessory Muscles
The secondary muscles of respiration. They include the neck muscles (sternocleidomastoids), the chest pectorals major muscles, and the abdominal muscles.
Altered Mental Status
A change in the way a person thinks and behaves that may signal disease in the central nervous s...
AAOS EMT (Chapter 10) Patient Assessment| 73 questions and answers verified for accuracy
Accessory Muscles - answer The secondary muscles of respiration. They include the neck muscles (sternocleidomastoids), the chest pectorals major muscles, and the abdominal muscles.
Altered Mental Status - answer A change in the way a person thinks and behaves that may signal disease in the central nervous system or elsewhere in the body.
Auscultate - answer To listen to sounds within an organ with a stethoscope.
AVPU Scale - answer A method of assessing the level of consciousness by determining whether the patient is awake and alert, responsive to verbal stimuli or pain, or unresponsive; used principally early in the assessment process.
Blood Pressure - answer The pressure that the blood exerts against the walls of the arteries as it passes through them.
Bradycardia - answer A slow heart rate, less than 60 beats per minute.
Breath Sounds - answer An indication of air movement in the lungs, usually assessed with a stethoscope.
Capillary Refill - answer A test that evaluates distal circulatory system function by squeezing (blanching) blood from an area such as a nail bed and watching the speed of its return after releasing the pressure. Capnography - answer A noninvasive method to quickly and efficiently provide information on a
patient's ventilatory status, circulation, and metabolism; effectively measures the concentration of carbon dioxide in expired air over time.
Carbon Dioxide - answer A component of air that typically makes up 0.03% of air at sea level; also a waste product exhaled during expiration by the respiratory system.
Chief Complaint - answer The reason a patient called for help; also, the patient's response to questions such as "What's wrong?" or "What happened?"
Conjunctiva - answer The delicate membrane that lines the eyelids and covers the exposed surface of the eye.
Crackles - answer A crackling, rattling breath sound that signals fluid in the air spaces of the lungs.
Crepitus - answer A grating or grinding sensation caused by fractured bone ends or joints rubbing together.
Cyanosis - answer A blue skin discoloration that is caused by a reduced level of oxygen in the blood.
DCAP-BTLS - answer A mnemonic for assessment in which each area of the body is evaluated for Deformities, Contusions, Abrasions, Punctures/Penetrations, Burns, Tenderness, Lacerations,
and Swelling.
Diaphoretic - answer Characterized by light or profuse sweating.
Diastolic Pressure - answer The pressure that remains in the arteries during the relaxing phase of the hearts cycle (diastole) when the left ventricle is at rest.
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