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| the reason the ambulance was called |
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| list of possible causes for your patients symptoms |
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| differential field diagnosis |
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| the focal point of your patient relationship |
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| personal space is at least ___ feet away or __ inches |
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| the most important from of non verbal communication |
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| questions that allow your patient to answer in detail |
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| questions that elicit a one or two word answer |
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| _____________ questions most effective way for patient to describe exact symptoms |
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| the process of responding to your patients statements with words to demonstrate your understanding |
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| repeating your patients words |
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| i understand or that must have been difficult |
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| your chest doesnt hurt but you keep rubbing it |
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| medication that stimulates kidneys to excrete water |
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| if patient complains of chest pain you want to review what systems |
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| respiratory cardiac gi and hematological |
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| disadvantage of close ended ?'s |
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| two most common places that produce referred pain? |
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| physic exam begins when you |
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| first set eyes on patient |
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| process of informed observation |
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| four techniques of physical exam |
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inspection palpation percussion and auscultation
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| to auscultate bp and heart sounds use _________ of stethoscope to hear lung and bowl sounds use the _____ |
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| strong bounding pulse indicates |
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| htn, heat stroke or increased icp |
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| normal adult tidal volume |
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| sounds of blood hitting arterial walls |
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| any sao2 under __ % requires aggressive airway management |
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| with a body temp of __ degrees normal warming mechanisms fail |
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| major disadvantage of ecg |
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| cannot tell you if heart is pumping effectively |
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| primary muscles of respiration |
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| diaphragm and external intercostals |
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| abnormal change in tone of patients transmitted voice sounds |
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| the heart sits behind the sternum between the __ and __ costal cartilages |
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| listen for s1 and the ____ of the heart |
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| listen for s2 at the ____ of the heart |
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| when examining a patient with cc of abd pain make them comfortable supine with one pillow under knee and one under the head |
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| discoloration around the umbilicus |
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| discoloration over the flanks |
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| the most mobile vertebrae |
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| three major regions of the brain |
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| brainstem cerebrum and cerebellum |
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| alert verbal painful and unresponsive |
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| arms flexed legs extended |
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| ventilate adults at a rate of __ __ per/min and children __ __ per/min |
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| 80-110 *** test question*** |
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| _______ pleura covers the lungs |
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| __________ plerua covers the chest wall |
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| seal any open chest wounds with _______ ________ |
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| occluse dressing *** test question*** |
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| 2nd intercostal over top of 3rd rib midclavicular |
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| point of maximum impulse 5th intercostal midclavicular |
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| intial assessment should take less then __ minute |
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| using your knowledge and experience to make critical decisions |
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| prehospital evaluation of the patients condition and its causes |
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| learned actions that are practiced until they are done without thinking |
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| thought process used to analyze and evalute |
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| critical thinking *** test question*** |
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| communication system that pools all frequencies and routes transmissions to the next available |
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| medical legl research and administrative *** test question*** |
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| if you make mistake cross error out with one line and initial it *** test question*** |
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| what you believe is your patients problem based on history and physical exam |
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| the ____ incident approach focuses on the moi |
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