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Chief complaint
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The reason a patient called for help. Also, the patient's response to questions such
as "What's wrong?" or "What happened?"
History of present illness HPI
Explains the chief complaint. A chronological description of the development of
the patient's present illness from the first sign or symptom or from the previous
encounter to the present.
Vital Signs
Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood pressure are all ___________
___________.
Normal oral temperature
97.6F - 99.6F
intermittent fever
Fever that alternates between elevated and normal or subnormal body
temperatures.
Remittent fever
fever in which temperature fluctuates greatly but never falls to the normal level.
Continuous fever
A fever that remains constant above the baseline, does not fluctuate.
60-100 BPM
Normal pulse rate
Respirations
Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into account when measuring what?
Systole
contraction of the heart
Diastole
relaxation of the heart
Anthropometric measurements
Measurement of height, (length rather than height is used in infants because they
cannot stand.), weight, BMI, head circumference in infants, waist to hip, % of body
fat.
Inspection
General appearance, state of nutrition, body habits, symmetry, pasture and gait,
speech.
palpation
to examine by touch
Percussion
physical examination method of tapping over the body to elicit vibrations and
sounds to estimate the size, border, or fluid content of a cavity such as the chest.
Ausculation
the act of listening to sounds arising within organs (as the lungs or heart) as an aid
to diagnosis and treatment.
OSHA
a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy
work environment
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
an emergency procedure for life support consisting of artificial respiration and
manual external cardiac compression
SHOCK
This is caused by inadequate blood flow to the heart and in turn to the rest of the
body.
Symptoms of shock
Pale, cold, clammy skin
rapid, weak pulse
increased shallow breathing
expressionless face or staring eyes are all ____________ ___ _________.
First aid for Shock
maintain open airway for the victim, call for assistance, keep victim lying down w/
head lower than rest of body; attempt to control bleeding or other cause of shock if
known; keep victim warm until help arrives
Portal of exit
Method in which a infectious agent leaves the reservoir. Ex: contact with body
fluids such as blood or saliva.
mode of transmission
contact, droplet, air, vehicles, or vectorborne
Portal of entry
A pathway by which the causative agent enters the host. The area in which a
microorganism enters the body. They may be cuts, lesions, injection sites, or
natural body orifices.
Susceptible host
An individual who has little resistance to an infectious agent.
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