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4N0X1 MOD 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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4N0X1 MOD 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSWhat are the five main parts of the assessment process - Answers-1. Scene size- up
2. Primary assessment
3. History Taking
4. Secondary assessment
5.Reassessment
Altered mental status - Answers-Any deviation rm alert oriented to a person, place, time,
and event, or any deviation from a patients normal baseline mental status
Ausculate - Answers-To listen to sounds within an organ with a stethoscope
Blood pressure - Answers-the pressure that is exerted by the blood against the walls of
arteries as it passes through them
Bradycardia - Answers-slow heart rate (less than 60 bpm)
Capillary refill - Answers-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 - Answers-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.
Coagulate - Answers-To form a clot to plug an opening in an injured blood vessel and
stop bleeding.
Conjunctiva - Answers-Delicate membrane lining the eyelids and covering the eyeball
Crackles - Answers-Crackling, rattling breath sounds signaling fluid in the air spaces of
the lungs
Crepitus - Answers-A grating or grinding sensation caused by fractured bone ends or
joints rubbing together; also air bubbles under the skin that produce a crackling sound
or crinkly feeling.
Cyanosis - Answers-A blue-gray skin color that is caused by a reduced level of oxygen
in the blood.
Diaphoretic - Answers-Characterized by light or profuse sweating.
Dystolic pressure - Answers-The pressure that remains in the arteries during the
relaxing phase of the hearts cycle when left ventricle is at rest
, Guarding - Answers-Involuntary muscle contractions (spasms) of the abdominal wall to
minimize the pain of abdominal movement
Hypertension - Answers-high blood pressure
Hypotension - Answers-low blood pressure
Juandice - Answers-yellowing of the skin
Labored breathing - Answers-Breathing that requires greater than normal effort; may be
slower or faster than normal and usually requires the use of accessory muscles.
Mechanism of injury (MOI) - Answers-The forces, or energy transmission, applied to the
body that cause injury.
Nature of illness - Answers-The general type of illness a patient is experiencing.
Palpate - Answers-to examine by touch
Perfusion - Answers-The flow of blood through body tissues and vessels.
Pertinent negatives - Answers-Negative findings that warrant no care or intervention.
Priapism - Answers-A painful, tender, persistent erection of the penis; can result from
spinal cord injury, erectile dysfunction drugs, or sickle cell disease.
Pulse oximetry - Answers-An assessment tool that measures oxygen saturation of
hemoglobin in the capillary beds.
Rhonchi - Answers-Coarse, low-pitched breath sounds heard in patients with chronic
mucus in the upper airways.
Sclera - Answers-white of the eye
Sniffing position - Answers-An upright position in which the patient's head and chin are
thrust slightly forward to keep the airway open.
What is a symptom? - Answers-subjective sensation that the person feels from the
disorder
What is a sign? - Answers-A change in a body that can be measured or observed as a
result of disease
Distracting injury - Answers-Any injury that prevents the patient from noticing other
injuries he or she may have, even severe injuries; for example, a painful femur or tibia
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