NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN, HCB TEST 2

The passageway by which air enters and leaves the body - answer-airway A prehospital assessment that is the first step in the total assessment of the patient - answer-primary assessment A prehospital assessment that is a rapid assessment of the head, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities, and posterior of the body to detect signs and symptoms of an injury - answer-rapid trauma assessment Procedure for detecting changes in a patients condition - answer-reassessment Assessment done after the scene safety and primary assessment that includes pt hx, review of systems, physical exam and vital signs - answer-secondary assessment Injury caused by a blow that does not penetrate the skin or other body tissues - answer-blunt force trauma In medicine the reason for a call to ems - answer-chief complaint The course of the blood from the heart through the arteries, caps, and veins back again to the heart - answer-circulation A condition of being stretched, inflated, or larger than normal - answer-distension Impression of the patients condition that is formed on first approaching the patient based on patients environment, c/c, and appearance - answer-general impression A patient with one or more medical diseases or conditions - answer-medical patient What pulse divides the medial malleolus and heel into the lateral and medial plantar arteries - answer-posterior tibial