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Medical History + Physical Exam (Ch # 10)

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Deformities   Abnormal shape to a body part, often from a broken bone  
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Contusions   Bruising or bleeding under the skin  
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Abrasions   Scrapes to the skin that rub off the top layers of the skin  
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Penetrations   Open wounds, gunshot or stablike wounds to the skin  
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Burns   Burning or blistering of the skin from heat, electrical current, or chemical exposure  
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Movement of a flail chest in which the chest wall moves in on inspiration and out on expiration   Paradoxical Movement  
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Lacerations   Cuts or open wounds into the skin  
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Sweelling   increase in size as a result of bleeding or fluids under or into the skin  
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Rapid Trauma Assessment   A rapid, orderly, head to toe assessment of a trauma patient. Provide RTA to the pt. with significant mechanism of injury, Altered level of consciousness, head/chest/abdomin traumas, unstable respiratory/pulse rates, shock.  
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Aspects of RTA   Rapid Trauma Assessment includes: inspection, palpation, auscultation  
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An assessment technique that involves listening to sounds inside the body with a steethoscope   Auscultation  
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A mnemonic assessment tool used to determine a person's mental status   AVPU. A-alert/orinted, V-verbal, P-painful, U-unresponsive. AVPU - is a mnemonic assessment tool used to determine a person's mental status.  
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Crepitus   A crunching or grating sound heard when broken bone ends rub together  
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A mnemonic used to identify injury to the body.   DCAPBTLS. D-deformities, C-contusions, A-abrasions, P-penetrations, B-burns, T-tenderness, L-lacerations, S-swelling  
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Distal pulses   Pulses taken at a point farther from the midline of the body, such as the pedal or radial pulse  
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Focused history   Information obtained from a patient regarding the person's medical history  
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An assessment technique that involves looking for injuries or problems   Inspection  
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Enlargement of the jugular veins on the sides of the neck   Jugular vein distention (JVD)  
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Palpation   An assessment technique that involves feeling for injuries during the patient assessment  
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Unequal movement of the chest wall may indicate rib fractures and may make breathing difficult for the patient   Paradoxical Movement  
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The ability to feel   Sensation  
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Tenderness   Complaints of pain caused by an injury. Tenderness cannot be seen, it is indicated by the patient  
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GCS   Glasgow Coma Scale- used for assess mental status. It includes AVPU (alert, verbal, painful, unresponsive)  
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Subcutaneous Emphysema   It is Crepitus or crackling feeling under the skin caused by air leakage  
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Guarding   Tensing of the muscles or other body parts to protect an area. Also, indicate of internal damage.  
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Assess of respirations includes   Rate, Quality, Pattern  
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Assess of pulse includes   Rate, Quality, rthythm  
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SAMPLE history includes   SAMPLE. S-signs and symptoms, A-allergies, M-medications, P-past medical history, L-last oral intake, E-events preceding  
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Difference between GCS and Vital Signs   GCS - documentation of the GCS score helps determine the patient's neurologic status and continued progress. Vital Signs - only determine the patient's response  
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Pneumatic Antishock Garment (PASG)   A patient who has palvic fractures and symptoms of shock  
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COPD   Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. It makes breathing more difficult for the patient.  
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Focused Trauma Assessment   FTA - using when a patient has an isolated injury without signs or symptoms of it, or alter in mental status, or mechanism of injury  
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