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HCB 102 Patient Assessment questions with accurate detailed
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Airway - ✔✔The passageway by which air enters and leaves the body.
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Primary assessment - ✔✔A prehospital assessment that is the first step in the total
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assessment of the patient. (focus on ABC's) || || || || || ||
Rapid trauma assessment - ✔✔A prehospital assessment that is a rapid assessment of the
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head, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities, and posterior of the body to detect signs and
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symptoms of injury. || ||
Reassessment - ✔✔A prehospital assessment that is a procedure for detecting changes in a
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patient's condition. It involves four steps: repeating the primary assessment, repeating and
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recording vital signs, repeating physical exam, and checking interventions.
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Secondary Assessment - ✔✔A prehospital assessment done after the scene safety and
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primary assessment that includes patient history, review of systems, physical examination
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and vital signs.
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Blunt force trauma - ✔✔Injury caused by a blow that does not penetrate the skin or other
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body tissues
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Breathing - ✔✔Inhalation and exhalation of air or gaseous mixtures
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Chief complaint - ✔✔The reason for the call or reason for their visit, usually in their own
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Circulation - ✔✔The course of the blood from the heart through the arteries, capillaries,
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and veins back again to the heart
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Cyanosis - ✔✔Bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by an excess
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of deoxygenated hemoglobin in the blood
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Continum of care - ✔✔A concept involving an integrated system of care that guides and
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tracks patient over time through a comprehensive array of health services spanning all
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levels on intensity
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Danger zone - ✔✔The area around the wreckage of a vehicle collision or other incident
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within which special safety precautions should be taken
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Detailed physical exam - ✔✔an assessment of the head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis,
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extremities, and posterior of the body to detect signs and symptoms of injury
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Diagnosis - ✔✔A description or label for a patient's condition that assists a clinician in
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further evaluation and treatment
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Distention - ✔✔A condition of being stretched, inflated, or larger than normal
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Dyspnea - ✔✔Difficulty breathing || || ||
General impression - ✔✔Impression of the patient's condition that is formed on first
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approaching the patient, based on the patient's environment, chief complaint, and
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appearance.
Index of suspicion - ✔✔Awareness that there may be injuries
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HCB 102 Patient Assessment questions with accurate detailed
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solutions
Airway - ✔✔The passageway by which air enters and leaves the body.
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Primary assessment - ✔✔A prehospital assessment that is the first step in the total
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assessment of the patient. (focus on ABC's) || || || || || ||
Rapid trauma assessment - ✔✔A prehospital assessment that is a rapid assessment of the
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head, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities, and posterior of the body to detect signs and
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symptoms of injury. || ||
Reassessment - ✔✔A prehospital assessment that is a procedure for detecting changes in a
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patient's condition. It involves four steps: repeating the primary assessment, repeating and
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recording vital signs, repeating physical exam, and checking interventions.
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Secondary Assessment - ✔✔A prehospital assessment done after the scene safety and
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primary assessment that includes patient history, review of systems, physical examination
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and vital signs.
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Blunt force trauma - ✔✔Injury caused by a blow that does not penetrate the skin or other
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body tissues
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Breathing - ✔✔Inhalation and exhalation of air or gaseous mixtures
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Chief complaint - ✔✔The reason for the call or reason for their visit, usually in their own
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words
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Circulation - ✔✔The course of the blood from the heart through the arteries, capillaries,
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and veins back again to the heart
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Cyanosis - ✔✔Bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by an excess
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of deoxygenated hemoglobin in the blood
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Continum of care - ✔✔A concept involving an integrated system of care that guides and
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tracks patient over time through a comprehensive array of health services spanning all
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levels on intensity
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Danger zone - ✔✔The area around the wreckage of a vehicle collision or other incident
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within which special safety precautions should be taken
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Detailed physical exam - ✔✔an assessment of the head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis,
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extremities, and posterior of the body to detect signs and symptoms of injury
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Diagnosis - ✔✔A description or label for a patient's condition that assists a clinician in
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further evaluation and treatment
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Distention - ✔✔A condition of being stretched, inflated, or larger than normal
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Dyspnea - ✔✔Difficulty breathing || || ||
General impression - ✔✔Impression of the patient's condition that is formed on first
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approaching the patient, based on the patient's environment, chief complaint, and
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appearance.
Index of suspicion - ✔✔Awareness that there may be injuries
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