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NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN, HCB TEST 2
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NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN, HCB TEST 2The passageway by which air enters and leaves the body - Answers- airway
A prehospital assessment that is the first step in the total assessment of the patient -
Answers- primary assessment
A prehospital assessment that is a rapid assessment of the head, chest, abdomen,
pelvis, extremities, and posterior of the body to detect signs and symptoms of an injury -
Answers- rapid trauma assessment
Procedure for detecting changes in a patients condition - Answers- reassessment
Assessment done after the scene safety and primary assessment that includes pt hx,
review of systems, physical exam and vital signs - Answers- secondary assessment
Injury caused by a blow that does not penetrate the skin or other body tissues -
Answers- blunt force trauma
In medicine the reason for a call to EMS - Answers- chief complaint
The course of the blood from the heart through the arteries, caps, and veins back again
to the heart - Answers- circulation
A condition of being stretched, inflated, or larger than normal - Answers- distension
Impression of the patients condition that is formed on first approaching the patient
based on patients environment, c/c, and appearance - Answers- general impression
A patient with one or more medical diseases or conditions - Answers- medical patient
What pulse divides the medial malleolus and heel into the lateral and medial plantar
arteries - Answers- posterior tibial
What pain involves the many factors that influence the patients report of pain
(psychiatric conditions) - Answers- psychogenic pain
What pulse runs along the line between the first and second toe, and its pulse point is
felt in the mid foot - Answers- doralis pedis
What type of pain is the alteration of central nervous system processing of sensation,
leading to amplification of pain signals - Answers- central sensitization
What is used in conjunction with the stethoscope to allow you to accurately obtain the
patients bp - Answers- sphygmomanometer
, What is an electronic device for determining the amount of o2 carried in the blood -
Answers- pulse oximeter
What is an electronic temp measurement tool capable of taking oral, axillary, or rectal
temp - Answers- thermometer
What do you call watching the rise and fall of he chest cavity in the most accurate way
to visually take note of the patients respirations - Answers- respiratory rate
What pain is without identifiable etiology - Answers- idiopathic
Auscultation of most sounds requires the use of a - Answers- stethoscope
What is the pressure crafted in the arteries when the heart contracts and forces blood
out in to circulation - Answers- systolic
The pressure remaining in the arteries when the heart is relaxed - Answers- diastolic
What do you call abnormality high bp - Answers- hypertension
What do you call abnormally low bp - Answers- hypotension
What lasts several months or longer and is often sustained by a pathophysiologic
process - Answers- chronic
Whats the flow of blood through tissues, providing them with O2 and nutrients and
removing waste products - Answers- perfusion
Weak and rapid pulse - Answers- thready pulse
Whats the measure of the amount of heart below the skin and the subcutaneous tissues
- Answers- temperature
What pulse is located behind the patients knee cap and can be palpated on the dorsal
side of the patients knee - Answers- popiteal
What is the short duration and has a sudden onset in association with injury surgery or
an acute illness episode - Answers- acute
Labored or difficult breathing - Answers- dyspnea
What type of pain is linked to tissue damage to the skin musculoskeletal system -
Answers- nociceptive
What type of pain is a direct consequence of a lesion or disease affecting the
somatosensory system - Answers- neuropathic
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