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vocab Chapter 11

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Term
Definition
Auscultation   Listening for sounds within the body  
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Baseline Vital Signs   The first set of vital signs measurements to which subsequent measurements can be compared  
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Blood Pressure   The force exerted by the blood on the interior walls of the blood  
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Bradycardia   Heart rate less than 60 beats per minute  
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Capillary refill   The amount of time it takes fr the capillaries that have been compressed  
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Chief Complaint   The patient complaint that is the primary reason why the EMS crew was called to the scene.  
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Clammy   A moist, or a cool and moist, condition; a skin condition often because of shock  
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Close Ended Question   A question that requires a yes or no answer  
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Conjunctive   the thin covering of the inner eyelid and exposed portion of the sclera of the eye.  
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Constricted   Narrow, made small  
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Cyanosis   A blue gray color of the mucous membranes and or and or skin which inadequate oxygen or poor defussion  
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Diastolic Blood Pressure   The pressure exerted against the walls of the arteries when the left ventricle is at rest  
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Dialated *************sp   expanded, made large red skin  
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Jaundice   A condition characterized by yellowness of the skin, scleara of they eyes, mucous membranes, indicates liver failure, disease  
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Mottling   skin discoloration similar to cyanosis but occurring in a blotchy pattern; a possible sign of shock  
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Open ended question   question that allows the patient to give a detailed response in there own words  
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Flashing   Abnormally red skin due to vasodilation  
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OPQRST   A mnemonic for remembering the question to ask when assessing the patients chief complaint or major symptoms such a spain, onset provocation-palliation-quality-radiation-severity-Time of complaint  
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Orthostatic Vital Signs   An increase in heart of 10-20 bpm and a decrease in systolic blood of 10-26 mmHg when a patient moves  
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Pallor   Pale or abnormally white skin color  
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Palpation   Feelings, as for a pulse  
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Puls Oximeter   Electronic device used to determine the oxygen concentration of the left ventricle  
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Pulse oximetry   measurement of blood saturation  
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Pulse pressure   The difference between they systolic blood pressure and the diastolic blood pressure  
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Pulsus paradoxas   a decrease in pulse strength during inhalation; a drop in blood pressure of more than 10 mmHg during inhalation (increase  
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Sample History   A format for taking a patient history. Signs and symptoms, allergies, medications permits  
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Signs   any objectives evidence of medical or trauma conditions that can be seen, heard, felt, or smelled in a patient.  
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Sphygmomanometer   instrument used to measure blood pressure  
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Stridor   a harsh, high-pitched sound hear on inhalation that indicates swelling of the larnyx  
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Symptoms   Conditions that must be described by the patient because they cannot be observed by another person  
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Systolic Blood Pressure   The p exerted against the walls of the arteries when left ventricle contracts  
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Tachycardia   a heart rate greater that 100 beats per minute  
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Tilt Test   an increase in heart rate in 10-20 bpm and a decrease systolic blood pressure of 10-20 mmHg when a patient moves from a supine to a upright or standing position  
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Vital Signs   The tradition signs of life; assessments related to breathing, pulse, skin, pupils and blood pressure.  
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