Chapter 8 Vocab
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| show | The secondary muscles of respiration
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| AVPU | show 🗑
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| show | An infection control concept and practice that assumes that all body fluids are potentially infectious
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| breath sounds | show 🗑
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| show | A test that evaluates distal circulatory system function by squeezing (blanching) blood from an area such as a nail bed and watching the speed of its return after releasing the pressure
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| show | To form a clot to plug an opening in an injure blood vessel and stop bleeding
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| show | The delicate membrane that lines the eyelids and covers the exposed surface of the eye
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| crepitus | show 🗑
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| cyanosis | show 🗑
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| show | The part of the assessment process in which a detailed area-by-area exam is performed on patients whose problems cannot be readily identified or when more specific information is needed about problems identified in the focused history and physical exam
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| show | Damage to tissues as the result of exposure to cold; frozen or partially frozen body parts
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| general impression | show 🗑
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| show | The time from injury to definitive care, during which treatment of shock or traumatic injuries should occur because survival potential is best
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| show | Involuntary muscle contractions (spasm) of the abdominal wall in an effort to protect the inflamed abdomen; a sign of peritonitis
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| show | A condition in which the internal body temperature falls below 95F (35C) after exposure to a cold environment
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| initial assessment | show 🗑
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| jaundice | show 🗑
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| mechanism of injury(MOI) | show 🗑
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| show | Flaring out of the nostrils, indicating that there is an airway obstruction
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| show | The general type of illness a patient is experiencing
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| show | The part of the assessment process in which problems are reevaluated and responses to treatment are assessed
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| orientation | show 🗑
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| show | The six pain questions: Onset, Provoking factors, Quality, Radiation, Severity, Time.
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| palpate | show 🗑
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| paradoxical motion | show 🗑
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| show | Crackling, rattling, breath sound that signals fluid in the air spaces of the lungs; also called crackles
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| show | The way in which a patient responds to external stimuli, including verbal stimuli(sound), tactile stimuli(touch), and painful stimuli.
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| show | Movements in which the skin pulls in around the ribs during inspiration
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| show | Coarse, low-pitched breath sounds heard in patients with chronic mucus in the upper airways
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| show | A key brief history of patient's condition to determine Sings/Symptoms, Allergies, Medications, Pertinent past history, Last oral intake, and Events leading to the illness/injury
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| scene size-up | show 🗑
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| sclera | show 🗑
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| stridor | show 🗑
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| show | The presence of air in soft tissues, causing a characteristic crackling sensation of palpation
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| show | The process of establishing treatment and transportation priorities according to severity of injury and medical need
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| show | A severe breathing problem in which a patient can speak only two to three words at a time without pausing to take a breath
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