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 what pain involves the many factors that influence the patients report of pain (psychiatric conditions) - Answer psychogenic pain what pulse runs along the line between the first and second toe, and its pulse point is felt in the mid foot - Answer doralis pedis what type of pain is the alteration of central nervous system processing of sensation, leading to amplification of pain signals - Answer central sensitization what is used in conjunction with the stethoscope to allow you to accurately obtain the patients bp - Answer sphygmomanometer what is an electronic device for determining the amount of o2 carried in the blood - Answer pulse oximeter what is an electronic temp measurement tool capable of taking oral, axillary, or rectal temp - Answer thermometer what do you call watching the rise and fall of he chest cavity in the most accurate way to visually take note of the patients respirations - Answer respiratory rate what pain is without identifiable etiology - Answer idiopathic auscultation of most sounds requires the use of a - Answer stethoscope what is the pressure crafted in the arteries when the heart contracts and forces blood out in to circulation - Answer systolic the pressure remaining in the arteries when the heart is relaxed - Answer diastolic what do you call abnormality high bp - Answer hypertension what do you call abnormally low bp - Answer hypotension what lasts several months or longer and is often sustained by a pathophysiologic process - Answer chronic Whats the flow of blood through tissues, providing them with O2 and nutrients and removing waste products - Answer perfusion weak and rapid pulse - Answer thready pulse whats the measure of the amount of heart below the skin and the subcutaneous tissues - Answer temperature what pulse is located behind the patients knee cap and can be palpated on the dorsal side of the patients knee - Answer popiteal what is the short duration and has a sudden onset in association with injury surgery or an acute illness episode - Answer acute labored or difficult breathing - Answer dyspnea