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patient assessment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Triage | to sort |
| Cyanosis | blue pallor= hypoxia |
| Subcutaneous Emphysema | air under skin (Laryngeal Fx) |
| Tachycardia | rapid heart rate (greater than 100) |
| Conjunctiva | lining of the eyelid |
| Symptom | something only the Pt can tell you |
| Accessory Muscles | secondary muscles of breathing (SIGN of dyspnea) |
| Breath Sounds | moving air - clear, rhonchi (mucus), crackles or rales (fluid), absent, diminished (far away) |
| Chief Complaint | what the Pt tells you is wrong |
| Diaphoretic | moist skin (clammy) |
| Jaundice | yellow of skin pallor (Liver) |
| Orientation | mental status (person, place, time and event) |
| OPQRST (signs and symptoms) | O-onset P-prevacation/palliation Q- quality R- region/radiation S- severity T- timing |
| Palpate | Examine by touch |
| Responsiveness | A-alert (eyes open) V- verbal (call name) P- pain (flick pen) U- unresponsive |
| Retractions | skin is pulling in during inspiration |
| Sclera | white of eyes (globe) |
| Frostbite | tissue freeze |
| Crepitus | crackling noise (broken bone, subcutaneous emphysema, fluid in lungs) |
| Paradoxical Motion | movement of the chest wall that is opposite of normal movement |