Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
meda 140 final exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Korotkoff sounds | sounds produced by blood rushing back into brachial artery |
| stethoscope | an instrument used to listen to sounds within the body |
| sphygmomanometer | device used to measure blood pressure; also called a manometer |
| cuff bladder | Smooth flat rubber device that inflates during blood pressure measurements. |
| Aneroid | Operating without a fluid; when used in reference to a sphygmomanometer, measuring by a dial instead of a mercury column. |
| Mercury | the chemical element of atomic number 80, a heavy silvery-white metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures. |
| Radial Artery | the radial pulse is measured on the radial artery, on the thumb side of the wrist. |
| Palpatory Blood Pressure | feeling the artery pulse. (To examine or explore by touching) |
| Auscultatory Blood Pressure | listening to the Korotkoff sounds in the brachial artery. |
| diastole/diastolic | the relaxation phase of the heartbeat; the period of least pressure. |
| Blood Pressure | the amount of force exerted by the heart on the blood as it pumps the blood through the arteries. |
| Palpate | to feel; examine by touch |
| Auscultate | to listen for sounds produced by the body |
| Febrile | Pertaining to a fever |
| Afebrile | without fever |
| Antecubital space | the inner surface of the arm at the elbow |
| Apex (heart) | the point, tip, or summit of anything; in reference to the heart, the point of maximum impulse of the heart against the chest wall. |
| Eupnea | normal respiration |
| cardiac arrest | sudden, unexpected stoppage of heart action, often leading to sudden cardiac death |
| Cheyne-Stokes respiration | Breathing pattern characterized by alternating periods of apnea and hyperventilation |
| exhale | to breathe out |
| Inhale | to breathe in |
| Hyperventilation | excessively rapid or deep breathing |
| Pulse deficit | the difference in a minute's time between the number of beats of the heart and the number of beats of the pulse observed in diseases of the heart. |
| pulse to respiration ratio | 4:1 ( 4 beats every 1 respiration) |
| Rales | Crackles; wet crackling noise in lungs |
| Wheeze | whistling or sighing sound heard on auscultation that results from narrowing of the lumen of the respiratory passageway |
| Sublingual | under the tongue |
| Carotid | Major artery in the neck leading to the brain |
| Temporal | temple |
| Radial | thumb side |
| Brachial | inner aspect of forearm at the antecubital space (crease at elbow) |
| Apical | pertaining to the apex; 5th intercostal space at left midclavicular line, just below the left nipple |
| Femoral | artery adjacent to the femur; Groin; must press deeply to feel |
| Popliteal | back of knee |
| Dorsalis pedis | pulse palpable on the instep of the foot |
| BP cuff | an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery. |
| BP Cuff sizes | neonates, children, adults, obese adults, and adult thigh cuff |
| Pulse pressure | the difference between systolic and diastolic measurements. |
| Augmenting sound | the process of increasing sound. |
| Auscultatory gap | absence of sound. A silent interval between systolic and diastolic pressure. |
| Systole/Systolic | the contraction phase of the heart; the greatest amount of blood pressure. |
| Asepsis | a state of being free from all pathogenic microorganisms |
| Biohazard | Anything harmful or potentially harmful to health |
| Pathogens | a microorganism capable of causing disease |
| Microorganism | a living organism too small to be seen with the naked eye |
| microbes | a unicellular or small multicellular organism including protozoa, bacteria, fungi, viruses, worms, some algae |
| warranted | justification for an action |
| harbor | to give shelter or refuge |
| esthetic | a person's consciousness of a sensation or something |
| vigilance | the condition of being attentive, alert and watchful |
| emesis | vomitting |
| aerobe | an organism that requires oxygen for respiration and can live only in the presence of oxygen |
| anarobe | any organism that is able to live without oxygen |
| autotrophs | Organisms that are able to make their own food |
| Heterotroph | depends on another organism for nourishment |
| obligate | depends completely on host for survival |
| communicable | A disease that may be transmitted directly or indirectly from one individual to another |
| hygiene | promote & preserve health; sanitary |
| confinement | to restrict or keep within specific bounds |
| malaise | a vague feeling of physical discomfort or uneasiness |
| spores | hard capsules formed by certain bacteria that allow them to resist prolonged exposure to heat |
| nits | lice eggs |
| bacteria | unicellular microorganism that varies in morphology |
| virus | smallest microorganism can only reproduce within a host's cell |
| protozoa | animal like microorganism that attaches itself to other living organisms |
| pruritus | itching |
| fungi | plant like microorganism that reproduces by budding |
| parasite | microorganisms that live on organic matter |
| pustular | elevated pus-filled sac |
| vulnerable | receptive to catching something (like disease) |
| susceptible | likely to be infected or made ill |
| PPE | acts as a barrier to prevent infection; masks, goggles, gloves, gowns, etc. |
| inorganic | not living; occurring in nature independently of living things |
| organic | of, relating to, or derived from living matter. |
| invasive | Inserting or entering into a body part |
| incubation | the time between exposure to a microorganism and the presence of disease/illness (first symptoms) |
| exudative | oozing substance draining from a wound or the body |
| normal flora | bacteria considered to be normal for the part of the body where they're located |
| CLIA | Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments |
| CLIA WHAT DOES THIS FEDERAL AGENCY DO? | is the federal agency which sets mandatory guidelines for all laboratories which perform human testing. These guidelines ensure accurate and times results for patients |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| OSHA and what do they do? | OSHA is a federal agency which sets mandatory guidelines to increase safety in the workplace. OSHA applies to ALL types of workplaces. However, in the medical workplace, OSHA is especially concerned with preventing transmission of bloodborne pathogens. |
| Abnormalities | an abnormal feature, characteristic, or occurrence, typically in a medical context. |
| Adequate | enough, sufficient |
| Irrelevant | not to the point, not applicable or pertinent |
| OTC | over the counter |
| Symptoms | Subjective characteristics of disease felt only by the patient |
| Triage | the medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place of treatment |
| SOAP: Subjective | the patients sx's and feeling |
| SOAP: Objective | Dr findings and test results |
| SOAP: Assessment | diagnosis |
| SOAP: Plan | medications, further testing, or consultation determined necessary by doctor |
| ASA | aspirin |
| BM | bowel movement |
| CC | chief complaint |
| DOB | date of birth |
| FB | foreign body |
| T | temperature |
| R/O | rule out |
| + | positive |
| - | negative |
| R | right |
| UCHD | usual childhood diseases |
| EDC | expected date of confinement |
| Para | Live births (provide # of births) |
| Gravida | pregnancy (give # of pregnancies) |
| LMP | last menstrual period |
| L/W | living and well |
| FX | -fracture |
| Wt | weight |
| Ht | height |
| L | left |
| Anthropometry | the study of human body measurements |
| Role of MA | take measurements accurately. record measurements on chart accurately. |
| Height/Weight | Provides information about the growth/development pattern of infants/children. Alerts the physician to potential health issues; affects diagnosis and treatment of pt's conditions. |
| head circumference | the measurement around the greatest circumference of the head of an infant |
| Chest circumference | measured at the nipple line |
| Growth Chart | shows the average weight and height of girls and boys at various ages |
| Percentile | A point on a ranking scale of 0 to 100. The 50th percentile is the midpoint; half the people in the population being studied rank higher and half rank lower. |
| Axilla | armpit |
| Recumbent length | Measurement of length while the child is lying down. Recumbent length is used to measure toddlers <24 months of age and those between 24 and 36 months who are unable to stand unassisted. |
| Upright scale | used to obtain height and weight measurements for a person who is able to stand on her own |
| Confidentiality | the act of holding information in confidence, not to be released to unauthorized individuals |
| Vital signs consist of: | temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure |
| systole range | 100-140 mm/Hg |
| Diastole range | 60-90 mm/Hg |
| Hypotension | less than 100/60 |
| Normal Range | 100/60 to 119/79 |
| Prehypertension | 120/80 to 139/89 |
| Hypertension | 140/90 or higher |
| Oral (O) | sublingual in the heat pocket |
| Tympanic (T) | Ear |
| Axillary (A) | armpit |
| Rectal (R) | rectum |
| temporal artery (TA) | Temporal artery |
| Normal pulse rate for adults | 60-100 bpm |
| Normal pulse rate for children | 70-120 beats per minute |
| Normal respiration rate | 16-20/min |
| Supine | lying on the back |
| Prone | lying face down |
| Fowler's position | sitting position |
| Semi-Fowler's Position | position is the position of a patient who is lying in bed in a supine position with the head of the bed at approximately 30 degrees. Sims position lying on left side with right knee drawn up a |
| Sims position | lying on left side with right knee drawn up and with left arm drawn behind, parallel to the back |
| knee-chest position | patient is lying face down with the hips bent so that the knees and chest rest on the table |
| dorsal recumbent position | lying on the back with the knees flexed |
| lithotomy position | lying on back with legs raised and feet in stirrups |
| Trendelenburg position | lying on back with body tilted so that the head is lower than the feet |
| jackknife | the patient lies on the abdomen with both the head and legs inclined downward and the rectal area elevated |
| Percussion | tapping on a surface to determine the difference in the density of the underlying structure |
| Otoscope | used to examine the ears |
| Ophthalmoscope | used to examine eyes |
| Tuning fork | used to check hearing and bone conduction |
| nasal speculum | Used to examine the nose |
| Percussion/neurological hammer | used to check reflexes |
| Cutting Needles | needles used for tough tissue that is difficult to penetrate; the sharp edges of this type of point actually cut the tissue as they penetrate it; typically used for the sclera of the eye, tendons, or skin |
| Traumatic needle | A needle with an eye |
| Atraumatic needle | Eyeless needle that already has suture material attached. |
| Tapered needle | A suture needle that has a round body that tapers to a sharp point. |
| Round body needle | Needle point tapers to a sharp point, but the needle body flattens out to an oval or rectangular shape. |
| Blunt needle | Greatly reduces the chance of a needle-stick injury during surgery. |
| Sutures | A strand of material that is used to ligate blood vessels or approximate of a wound. |
| Absorbable sutures | surgical gut is a natural material from the intestines of sheep or cows and is absorbable |
| Non-absorbable suture | Suture material that resists breakdown in the body. |
| Skin staples | stainless steel staples applied by a disposable staple gun |
| Internal staples | made of titanium (non-magnetic) |
| Tissue adhesives | Also known as skin glue, over-the-counter alternative to sutures and staples for primary wound closure. |
| Steri-strips | trademark for sterile adhesive strips used to approximate and hold together the edges of a wound |
| topical anesthesia | anesthesia applied to the skin to "numb" a surface area |
| local anesthesia | anesthesia used to numb a specific area without causing loss of consciousness |
| regional anesthesia | numbing agent injected around major nerves or the spinal cord (affects a larger area) |
| general anesthesia | the blockage of all body sensations, causing un-consciousness and loss of reflexes. |
| Adjunctive medications | Any medication given before or after a procedure (pre-op/post-op) can include Xanax for anxiety, Tylenol etc. |
| Formaldehyde | a colorless pungent gas in solution made by oxidizing methanol. |
| Obturator | a curved guide that is inserted into the trachea to facilitate placement of a tube |
| Papanicolaou (Pap) test | microscopic analysis of cells taken from the cervix and vagina to detect the presence of carcinoma |
| Occult | hidden |
| sigmoidoscopy | visual examination of the sigmoid colon |
| Atypical | not typical |
| Cervical | cervix |
| Enema | the placement of a solution into the rectum and colon to empty the lower intestine through bowel activity |
| Vaginitis | inflammation of the vagina |
| Endocervical | pertaining to the lining of the cervix |
| Proctology | study of the rectum and anus |
| Lumen | space within a tubular part or organ, such as the space within a blood vessel |
| Trimester | a period of three months |
| Gestation | growth process from conception to birth |
| Fetoscope | a special stethoscope for hearing the fetal heartbeat through the mother's abdomen |
| Fecal | pertaining to feces |
| Proctoscope | instrument used for visual examination of the rectum |
| Ulceration | formation of an ulcer |
| HPV | human papillomavirus |
| CIS | carcinoma in situ |
| Oral temp | 98.6 degrees F |
| Rectal temp | 99.6 degrees F |
| Tympanic temp | 98.6 |
| Axilla temp | 97.6 |
| TAT temp | 99.6 |
| Autoclave | Piece of equipment used to sterilize articles by way of steam under pressure and/or dry heat. 250 degrees |
| Ulceration | formation of an ulcer |
Created by:
kennedy444
Popular Health & Social Care sets