Pt. Assessment
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| What 2 primary components make up patient assessment | information gathering, physical examination
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| What is the first and most important question during the initial assessment | does my patient have any life threatening conditions
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| What is the first step of the patient assessment process | scene size up
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| What 2 things does the initial assessment focus on | Identification and management of life threatening problems.
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| The quickest and simplest way to assess a patients mental status is | AVPU
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| in responsive or unresponsive infants check a pulse, where | Brachial artery
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| When gathering past medical history what 2 new things must you ask for | hospitalizations and surgeries
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| As you find out about patients past history what might you want to know about it. For instance an asthma patient haveing dyspnea | Find out how there problem was fixed in the past (ie. have you been intubated for this before)
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| An acute presentation of a new problem or condition is best considered what | serious untill proven otherwise
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| The mortality rate of cardiogenic shock is more then | 80%
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| JVD can indicate what | heart failure or pneumothorax
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| Pedal edema or peripherial edema may be caused from what | right sided heart failure
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| What happens that makes orthostatics positive. | a decrease in systolic pressure by 20 points or more. An increase in diastolic pressure by 10 points or more. An increase in heart rate by 20 points or more
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| What happens to the mortality rate of a serious brain injury if the patient suffers a single hypotensive state. | it more then doubles
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| bluish discoloration in the periumbilical area is indictive of what? What's it called | Intraperitoneal hemorrhage. Known as cullen's sign
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