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Certification Exam Fill In The Blanks

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Term: What are purpose of signs?Definition: they reflect the function of 3 body processes necessary for life Body temp respiration heart
Term: What do vital include?Definition: Pressure
Term: What is body body ?Definition: a balance between heat production and heat loss in conjunction with each
Term: ?Definition: maintains and regulates body
Term: What is body body ?Definition: a balance between heat production and heat loss in with each other
Term: ?Definition: maintains and body temperature
Term: Normal temperture range for: Rectal Oral Axillary Tympanic Definition: Rectal: 98.6-100.6F Oral: 97.6-99.6F Axillary: 96.6-98.6F Tympanic 98.6F
Term: What does and febrile meanDefinition: Afebrile-without a -with fever
Term: Intermittent Definition: fluctuating fever that returns to or below then rises again
Term: Remittent Definition: fluctuating fever that remains elevated. it does not to baseline temperature
Term: FeverDefinition: a fever that constant above the baseline
Term: Which site for temperature is most common? Least common?Definition: Oral is most common. Axillary is least and is taken when no other site can be used
Term: When taking a patients temperature which site would have a accurate reading ?Definition: Axillary
Term: Oral temperature are not in the following patientsDefinition: infants and children less than 6 years old Patients who had surgery of facial neck nose or mouth injury Patients recieving oxygen those with nasogastric tubes patients with convulsive patients patient with altered mental status
Term: Rectal temperatures should not be taking on the following Definition: patients with heart disease patients with diarrhea patients with rectal disease or disorder patients who has had rectal
Term: MA should wait 30 minutes taking the patients temperature if?Definition: the patients had been , drinking or smoking
Term: How do you take an temperature?Definition: the underarm should be dry and clean. the thermometer should be held in for 5-10 minutes
Term: Tympanic temperature is done on what kind of ? Why Definition: child or confused patients. a covered probe is into the ear canal and temperature is measured within seconds (1-3 secs)
Term: Tympanic should not be taken on the following patients.Definition: Patients who have an ear with ear drainage
Term: Normal pulse rate for an ? Normal heart rate for infantsDefinition: 60-100
Term: Site most commonly used for the pulse?Definition: radial artery count for 60secs can be counted for 30 secs and multiplied by two (only if the is regular)
Term: Most accurate site for a pulse?Definition: apical pulse. taken over the apex of the heart with a stethoscope. used on , children, and pt with irregular heart rate
Term: Definition: fast heart rate of more than
Term: Definition: slow heart rate less than
Term: What is rate? how is it counted?Definition: number of respiration per minute. One inspiration and one expiration counts as one respiration and be counted for 60 seconds
Term: adult respiration rate? Definition: 12-20 per
Term: Definition: temporary or absence of breathing
Term: Definition: rate of greater than 40 per minute.It is transient in newborns
Term: Definition: decreased number of respirations . this during sleep and may be due to certain diseases
Term: respiratory Definition: pattern of breathing. this can vary with age infants have regular breathing while adults have
Term: Definition: inability to breath unless in position
Term: StokesDefinition: regular of irregular breathing
Term: What does of respiration refer to?Definition: amount of air that is inspired and during each respiration
Term: Hypoventilation Definition: reduced amount of hair is entering the , resulting in decreased oxygen and increased carbon dioxide in the blood
Term: hyperneaDefinition: abnormal in the depth and rate of breathing
Term: Definition: increased amount of air entering the
Term: What is blood ?Definition: measures the amount of force exerted by the blood on the perioheral arterial wall. it of the highest (systole) and lowest (diastole) amount of pressure exerted during the cardiac cycle
Term: What can cause false BP Definition: wrong size BP cuff arm is not positioned at heart level cuff is not completely deflated before use cuff deflated too fast improper cuff placement cuff is re-inflated procedure defective equipment
Term: measurementsDefinition: height, weight, bmi waist to hip ratio, percentage of body fat (adults) head circumference , length, height, weight, for length (infants, children, and adolescents)
Term: Definition: use of observation to detect physical features or objective data such as general apperance state of nutrition body habitus symmetry posture and gait (manner of walking) Speech
Term: Definition: use the of touch to determine the characteristics of an organ system
Term: PercussionDefinition: tapping or striking the body with fingers or small hammer to determine size and density of the underlying organ or tissue
Term: Auscultation Definition: to sounds produced by internal organs such as heart, lungs and abdomen
Term: MA's role in the examinationDefinition: Room preparation Patient preparation assisting the
Term: What does a use to make a diagnosisDefinition: pt. history the physical examination laboratory test
Term: Recumbent (supine)Definition: Use: for most physical examinations positioning: flat on back with legs . arms are placed above the head, along side the body or folded on the chest
Term: Dorsal Definition: positioning: flat on back with knees flexed, of the feet is flat on the bed
Term: FowlersDefinition: Use: promote drainage or to ease positioning:
Term: Semi Definition:
Term: Dorsal Definition:
Term: ProneDefinition:
Term: SimsDefinition:
Term: Knee Definition: Use positioning
Term: TrendelenburgDefinition:
Term: Where is the located?Definition: thoracic cavity between the lungs and just the sternum (breast bone)
Term: Definition: upper left and right chambers of
Term: Ventricles Definition: left and right chamber of the heart
Term: Definition: wall of the that seperates the right and left side
Term: endocardiumDefinition: inner most layer of the heart , this layer is the conductive system is found
Term: myocardiumDefinition: middle and contractile layer of the heart. made of striated muscle interspersed with intercalated disks
Term: Definition: layer of the heart(also the inner layer of the pericardium)
Term: Definition: sac in which the heart is contained. serous fluid found in the sac prevents as the heart beats
Term: atriumDefinition: deoxygenated blood returning from the body via super vena cava ( carries blood from the upper body) and the inferior vena cava (carries blood from lower part of the body)
Term: left Definition: recieves blood via left and pulmonary veins that has been oxygenated by the lungs
Term: left Definition: receives oxygenated blood from the left and pumps it to the body through the aorta
Term: right Definition: receives deoxygenated blood from the right atrium, which it pumps to the lungs for oxygen through the pulmonary
Term: arteriesDefinition: the only arteries in the body that deoxygenated blood
Term: veinsDefinition: the only veins in the body that oxygenated blood
Term: what is the ?Definition: the artery in the body that carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body
Term: tricuspid Definition: located between the atrium and right ventricle
Term: mitral (bicuspid) Definition: located left atrium and left ventricle
Term: what are the of the heart valve?Definition: prevent backflow of
Term: aortic Definition: located between left and aorta
Term: pulmonic Definition: located between right and pulmonary trunk
Term: What are ? Definition: by disease of the valves or other structural abnormalities
Term: valves Definition: are named of their location between the atria and ventricles
Term: semilunar Definition: they have half moon cusps
Term: sympathetic system Definition: affects both atria and by increasing heart rate, conduction and irritability
Term: parasympathetic nervous Definition: affects the only by decreasing the heart rate, conduction and irritability
Term: what is the influenced by?Definition: nervous system
Term: node (SA node)Definition: the hearts natural pacemaker that at 60-100bpm. located in the right atrium
Term: atroventricular Definition: located just above the tricuspid in the atrium
Term: What is the AV delay?Definition: The atrioventricular node delays impulses by approximately 0.12s. This delay in the cardiac pulse is extremely important: It ensures that the atria have ejected their blood into the ventricles first before the contract.
Term: of his Definition: collection of heart muscle cells specialized for conduction that transmits the electrical impulses from the AV node (located between the atria and the ventricles) to the point of the apex of the bundle branches.
Term: purkinji Definition: During the ventricular contraction portion of the cardiac cycle, the Purkinje fibers carry the contraction impulse from both the left and right bundle branch to the of the ventric les. The purkinji fibers have the ability to act as the pacemak
Term: Characteristics of cellsDefinition: Excitability Automacity conductivity
Term: Automaticity Definition: the ability of the cardiac pacemaker cells to spontaneously initiate their own electrical impulse sites that have these include SA node AV junction, purkinji fibers
Term: Definition: ability to to external stimulus: electrica, chemical, and mechanical. All cardiac cells share this property
Term: Definition: the ability of all cardiac cells to receieve an electrical stimulus and transmit the stimulus to the cardiac cells
Term: Definition: the ability of the cardiac cells to shorten and cause cardiac muscle contraction in response to an electrical stimulus. can be enhanced with meds like dopamine,epinephrine and digitalis
Term: Definition: when the contracts
Term: RepolorizationDefinition: when the relaxes
Term: Which lead is used for or reference lead ?Definition: Leg (RL)
Term: Name the standard leads Definition: Lead I: left arm (+) arm (-) Lead II: left leg (+) right arm (-) Lead III: left leg (+) left arm (-)
Term: Augmented leadsDefinition: aVR: right arm aVL: left : left leg
Term: Unipolar precordial Definition: V1: V2 V3 V4 V5: 5th intercostal space, anterior axillary line V6: 5th intercostal space, line
 
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