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86 Cards in this Set

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Bradycardia
Slow Heart Rate
Cardiac Murmurs
Audible sounds from turbulent blood flow
Pulse Deficit
Difference between heart beats and pulsations at periphery
Tachycardia
Rapid Heart Rates
S1
First Heart Rate LUB
S2
Second Heart Rate DUB
Contracture
Muscle tightening
Crepitus
Grating sound of broken bone
Hypertrophy
Enlargement by cell growth
Prone/supine
prone face down
supine up palms up
Aphasia
inability to communicate with spoken/written word
Contralateral
originating from or affecting the opposite side
dysmetria
inability to preform smooth rom
Cog wheel Rigidity
Jerky movement
Hemipelgia
paralysis affecting only one side of the body
Paresthesia
unexplained prickling burning or tingling of skin
proprioception
sensing body's position
syncope
fainting
Parkinson's Tremor
Shaking while at rest
MS Tremor
intention tremor
Head/voice tremor
central tremor
obtunded
responds to shaking
lethargic
slowly responds verbally
Stuporous
Responds to pain - pushes hand away
Semicomatose
Response to pain - moan
Comatose
Completely unresponsive
Decorticate
Damage to cortex of brain, hands and feet flexed and internally rotated
Decerebrate
Damage to structures of brain stem
hands and feet extended
Glascow coma scale
7 or less = severe damage
Dyspnea
Shortness of breath
Bradypnea
Slow breathing, decreased but regular rate, less than ten BPM
hyperventilation
increase in rate and depth
Hypoventilation
irregular shallow pattern breathing
Tachypnea
rapid shallow breathing greater than 24 BPM
Orthopnea
need to assume a more upright position to breathe
Tactile Fremitus
Palpable vocal vibrations
Three types of normal breathing sounds
Bronchial Bronchovesicular vesicular
Bronchial:
Pitch
Amplitude
Duration
Quality
Tracheal
Pitch: high
Amplitude: Loud
Duration: Inspiration < Expiration
Quality: harsh, hollow, tubular
Bronchovesicular
Pitch
Amplitude
Duration
Quality
Pitch: Moderate
Amplitude: Moderate
Duration: Inspiration = expiration
Quality: Mixed
Vesicular
Pitch
Amplitude
Duration
Quality
Pitch : low
Amplitude : soft
Duration : inspiration > expiration
Quality: rustling
Normal Respirations for 6-9 y.o.
18-26
Normal Respirations for 2-6 y.o.
20-30
Newborn
30-60
Adults
14-20
Normal Type of respirations for male and female
Male abdominal and diaphragmatic
Female thoracic
Kussmaul's Respirations
Deep rapid and labored respirations associated with ketoacidosis

Not the same as hyperventilation
Cheyne-Stokes
periods of apnea and tachypnea
SOB
Shortness of breath
DOE
Dyspnea on exertion
Normal Chest Shape
AP lateral, abnormal is barrel chest
Ribs should slope ..
Downward
Cachexia
Skinny, loss of appetite, loss of weight ..
Normal percussion sounds on chest
Resonance over lungs
(Hyperresonance = emphysemic)
flat on bones, dull on organs
Where is vesicular heard
most of lung fields / \
/
where is Bronchovesicular heard
Main bronchus, below clavicles and between scapulae /\
Where is Bronchial
neck
Rales
High pitched crackling (low rales)
Intense to high pitched gurgling (medium rales)
Very loud gurgling (Coarse Rales)
Wheezes
narrow bronchi
Rhonchi
low pitched snoring noise
Friction Rubs
Lack of Pleural Fluid
Loud Crackling and Grating
Transmitted Voice Sounds
Bronchophony, Egophony, Whispered Pectroliloquy
Egophony
PT says EE

Normally hear "ee"
Abnormally hear "Ah"
Bronchophony
Hear clearly everywhere "99"
Whispered Pectroliloquy
PT whispers
normally- faint almost inaudible
abnormal- very clear
Arterial Insuffiency of lower Extremities
Decreased/absent pulse
Pale color on elevation
Dusky Rubor on Dependency
Cool/cold
no Edema
Shiny skin, thick nails, no color, ulcers on toes
pain, more with exercise
Venous Insufficiency
Present pulse
Pink to cyanotic
brown pigment at ankles
warm temperature
Edema
Discolored skin, scaly, ulcers on ankles
Pain, more with standing or sitting, relieved with elevation/support
ICS
Intercostal Space
Aortic Ascultation Site
2 RICS RSB

(2nd right intercostal space, right sternal border)
Pulmonic Auscultation Site
2 LICS LSB

(2nd Left intercostal space, left sternal border)
Auscultation Sites
Aortic 2RICS RSB
Pulmonic 2LICS LSB
Erb's Point 3LICS LSB
Triscupid 4-5LICS LSB
Mitral 5LICS MCL
Apical Impulse
PMI (point of maximal impulse)
Lateral Recumbent Position
Good for auscultation of apical pulse
Crepitation
grating crackling popping sounds
ROM Knees
Foreward 15 Degrees
Back 130 Degrees
Ankylosis
stiffness of a joint
Isometric V Isotonic
Isometric - holding stable
Isotonic - lifting a weight
Dysphagia
Difficulty swallowing
Dysphasia
difficulty speaking
Best Eye Opening Response
Untestable U
No response 1
To Pain 2
to voice 3
purposeful and spontaneous 4
Best Verbal Response
U untestable
1 no response
2 incomprehensible sounds
3 inappropriate words
4 disoriented
5 oriented
Best Motor Response
6 Obeys Response
5 localizes pain
4 withdraws to pain
3 flexion to pain
2 extension to pain
1 no response
U untestable
Three Types of Motor Systems
Corticospinal
Extrapyramidal
Cerebellar
Rhomberg Test
Positive - ataxia is sensory in nature
Negative- cerebellar
Denver Development Screening Test
Tests Accomplishments for 6yr olds and under (personal social, fine motor, language, gross motor)
Physical effects of spirituality
Decrease HR and BP
Increased immune system, sense of well being and self worth
Things to not assume about spirituality
-they do or do not have a spiritual need
-an absence of data about religion means no affiliation or spirituality
-ill atheist doesnt want spiritual guidance
-spiritual needs are met b/c of clergy visits
-clients religion says everything about teh clients beliefs