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WHAT ARE CRACKLES?
CRACKLES IS A LIGHT, POPPING, NONMUSICAL SOUNDS HEARD DURING INSPIRATION, ALSO CALLED RALES
CRACKLES ARE ALSO CALLED - - - - ?
RALES
WHAT ARE WHEEZES?
WHEEZES ARE CONTINOUS, HIGH PITCHED MUSICAL SOUNDS SIMILAR TO A WHISTLE
WHAT IS RHONCHI?
RHONCHI IS CONTINOUS SOUNDS WITH A LOWER PIRCH AND A SNORING QUALITY
WHAT IS STRIDOR?
STRIDOR IS PREDOMINATLY INSPIRATORY WHEEZE ASSOCIATED WITH LARYNGEAL OBSTRUCTION
WHAT IS PLEURAL FRICTION RUB?
A PLEURAL FRICTION RUB IS THE SQUEAKING OR GRATING SOUND OF THE PLEURAL LININGS RUBBING TOGETHER.
WHAT IS BRONCHOPHONY?
BRONCHOPHONY IS THE ABNORMAL CLARITY OF PT'S TRANSMITTED VOICE SOUNDS
WHAT IS WHISPERED PECTORILOQY?
WHISPERED PECTORILOQUY IS THE ABNORMAL CLARITY OF PT TRANSMITTED WHISPERED WHISPERS
WHAT IS EGOPHONY?
EGOPHONY IS THE ABNORMAL CHANGE IN TONE OF PT'S TRANSMITTED VOICE SOUNDS
CARDIAC CYCLE

WHAT IS DIASTOLYE?
DIASTOLYE IS THE PHASE OF THE CARDIAC CYCLE WHEN THE VENTRICLES RELAX
CARDIAC CYCLE

WHAT IS SYSTOLE?
SYSTOLE IS THE PHASE OF THE CARDIAC SYSLE WHEN THE VENTRICLES CONTRACT
CARDIAC CYCLE

WHAT IS CARDIAC OUTPUT?
CARDIAC OUTPUT IS THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD THE HEART EJECTS EACH MINUTE, MEASURED IN MILLIMETERS
CARDIAC CYCLE

WHAT IS STROKE VOLUME
STROKE VOLUME IS THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD THE HEART EJECTS IN ONE BEAT
CARDIAC

WHAT IS A THRILL?
A THRILL IS THE VIBRATION OR HUMMING FELT WHEN PALPATING THE PULSE
CARDIAC

WHAT S A BRUIT?
A BRUIT IS THE SOUND OF TURBULENT BLOOD FLOW AROUND A PARTIAL OBSTRUCTION
RUQ
RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT
RLQ
RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT
LUQ
LEFT UPPER QUADRANT
LLQ
LEFT LOWER QUADRANT
ORGANS IN THE RUQ
LIVER, GALLBLADDER, KIDNEYS
ORGANS IN THE RLQ
APPENDIX, OVARIES
ORGANS IN THE LUQ
KIDNEYS, SPLEEN
ORGANS IN LLQ
OVARIES,
WHAT IS CULLEN'S SIGN
CULLEN'S SIGN IS THE DISCOLORATION AROUND THE UMBILICUS (OCCASIONALLY THE FLANKS) SUGGESTIVE OF INTRA-ABDOMINAL HEMMORRHAGE
WHAT IS GREY'S TURNER SIGN?
GREY'S TURNER SIGN IS TH DISCOLORATION OVER THE FLANKS SUGGESTING INTRA-ABDOMINAL BLEEDING
WHAT IS ASCITES?
ASCITES IS BULDGING IN THE FLANKS AND ACROSS THE ABDOMEN, INDICATING EDEMA CAUSED BY CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
WHAT IS BORBORYGMI?

PG 103
BORBORYGMI IS LOUD, PROLONGED, GURGLING BOWEL SOUNDS INDICATING HYPERISTALSIS
WHEN PALPATING AN ABDOMEN, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
RIDGIDITY, TENDERNESS, DISTENSION, OR GUARDING
WHAT IS PRIAPISM?
THE SHAFT OF THE PENIS IS ERECT AND THE HEAD IS FLACCID...CAUSED BY HEAD TRAUMA
ALWAYS CHECK WHAT IN ALL DISTAL EXTREMITIES?
PMS
WHAT IS PMS?
PULSE, MOTOR, AND SENSORY
WHAT ARE THE FIVE STEPS IN EVALUATING JOINTS?
1) INSPECTION
2) PALPATION
3) PASSIVE RANGE OF MOTION
4) RANGE OF MOTION AGAINST GRAVITY
5) ROM AGAINST RESISTANCE
WHAT IS CREPITUS?
CREPITUS IS THE CRUNCING SOUNS OF UNLUBRICATED PARTS IN JOINTS RUBBING AGAINST EACH OTHER.
HOW DO YOU TEST FOR DUGA'S SIGN?
TESTING FOR DUGA'S SIGN, HAVE THE PT PLACE THE HAND OF THE AFFECTED SIDE ON THE OPPOSITE SHOULDER AND THEN HAVE HIM BRING HIS ELBOW TO HIS CHEST. IF THE PT CAN NOT BRING HIS ELBOW TO CHEST, DUGA'S SIGN IS PRESENT,
IF A PT IS + FOR DUGA'S SIGN, WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU?
LIKELY DISLOCATED SHOULDER
PULLING THE TOES TOWARDS THE BODY
DORSIFLEXION
POINTING THE TOES DOWNWARD AWAY FROM THE BODY
PLANTARFLEXION
NAME THE VERTEBRAE IN THE SPINE
CERVICAL
THORACIC
LUMBAR
SACCRAL
COCCYGEAL
HOW MANY VERTEBRAE ARE EACH SECTION OF THE SPINE?
CERVICAL 7
THORACIC 12
LUMBAR 5
SACCRAL 5
COCCYX 1
SPINAL CURVATURES

LORDOSIS
LORDOSIS IS AN EXAGGERATED LUMBAR CONCAVITY (SWAY BACK)
SPINAL CURVATURES

KYPHOSIS
KYPHOSIS IS AN EXAGGERATED THORACIC CAVITY (HUNCH BACK)
SPINAL CURVATURES

SCOLIOSIS
SCOLIOSIS IS A LATERAL CURVATURE OF THE SPINE
WHAT IS PITTING?
PITTING IS A DEPRESSION THT RESULTS FROM PRESSURE AGAINST THE SKIN WHEN PITTING EDEMA IS PRESENT
HOW DO YOU GRADE PITTING EDEMA?
1+ ONE QUARTER INCH OR LESS
2 + ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH
3 + ONE HALF TO ONE INCH
4 + ONE INCH OR MORE
S/S OF DVT
REDNESS AND WARMTH
SWELLING
THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CONSISTS OF WHAT?
BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
THE CEREBRAL CORTEX IS ALSO CALLED
GREY MATTER IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE CEREBRAL CORTEX
THE CEREBRAL CORTEX IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT?
CONSCIOUS THOUGHT, SENSORY AWARNESS, MOVEMENT, EMOTIONS, RATIONAL THOUGHT AND BEHAVIOR, FORESIGHT, PLANNING, MEMORY, SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND INTERPRETATION
THE FRONTAL LOBE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT?
THE FRONTAL LOBE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SPEECH AREA, AND CONTROLS VOLUNTARY SKELETAL MUSCLE MOVEMENT --- ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIOR
THE PARIETAL LOBE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT?
THE PARIETAL LOBE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCESSING SENSORY DATA FROM THE PERIPHERAL NERVES
THE OCCIPITAL LOBE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT?
THE OCCIPITAL LOBE HOUSES THE PRIMARY VISION CENTER AND INTERPRETS VISUAL DATA.
WHAT IS THE TEMPORAL LOBE RESPONSIBLE FOR?
THE TEMPORAL LOBE IS PERCEIVES AND INTERPRETS SOUNDS AND INTEGRATES TEH SENSES OF TASTE, SMELL, AND BALANCE
HOW MANY PAIRS OF CRANIAL NERVES?
12
THE CRANIAL NERVE, THE VAGUS NERVE IS WHAT NUMBER?
5
IF WHAT IN THE SPINE IS CUT OR FRACTURED, YOU LOSE NERVE IMPULSE
MYELIN SHEATH
MUSCLE TONE

WHAT IS SPASTICITY?
SPASITICTY IS INCREASED MUSCLE TONE WHEN PASSIVE MOVEMENT APPLIED, ESPECIALLY AT THE END OF RANGE. VERY COMMON IN STROKE VICTIMS
MUSCLE TONE

WHAT IS RIGIDITY?
RIGIDITY IS INCREASED RIDIGITY THROUGHOUT MOVEMENT (LEAD-PIPE). COMMON IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE ADN EPS. COG-WHEEL MOTION IS PT-APPLIED RESISTANCE
MUSCLE TONE

WHAT IS FLACCIDIDTY?
FLACCIDIDITY IS THE LOSS OF MUSCLE TONE CAUSING LIMB TO BE LOOSE. COMMON IN STROKE, SPINAL CORD LESIONS, AND GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME
MUSCLE TONE

WHAT IS PARATONIA?
PARATONIA IS SUDDEN CHANGES IN TONE WITH PASSIVE MOVEMENT. CAN BE INCREASED RO DECREASED RESISTANCE. COMMON IN DEMENTIA
IN TODDLERS AND INFANTS, HOW TO DO YOU DO YOUR PHYSICAL EXAM?
TOE TO HEAD
INFANTS TO ONE YEAR
RECOGNIZE THEIR PARENTS
LIKE TO BE HELD AND KEPT WARM
4 TO 6 MONTHS - SIT UP
DISTRESSED WHEN SEPARATED FROM PARENTS
EXAM FROM TOE-TO-HEAD
TODDLERS
ONE TO THREE YEARS
WALKING
TRUST NO ONE EXCEPT PARENTS
DISTRACT WITH TOYS
DO NOT LIKE TO BE TOUCHED
PRESCHOOLERS
3 TO 6 YEARS
DISTRUSTFUL OF STRANGERS
TALK TO THEM
GREAT FEAR OF BEING HURT
FEAR MUTILATION OF THEIR BODIES
COVER ANY WOUNDS QUICKLY
SCHOOL AGE

6 TO 12 YEARS
THEY WILL COOPERATE WITH YOU IF YOU GAIN THEIR TRUST
WANT TO REMAIN IN CONTROL
ALLOW THEM TO MAKE TREATMENT CHOICES
MODESTY IS VERY IMPORTANT
TELL THEM WHAT YOU ARE DOING
HONESTY
ADOLESCENTS

12 TO 18 YEARS
TREAT SAME AS ADULTS
MODESTY
USE CARE PROVIDER OF THE SAME SEX
CODUCT PE AS YOU WOULD FOR AN ADULT
ANATOMICAL DIFFERENCES OF CHILDREN
INFANT'S SKIN IS THINNER AND CONTAINS LESS SUBCUATANEOUS FAT, THUS EXPECTING ENVIROMENTAL FACTORS TO AFFECT HIM MORE SEVERLY
THE SOFT BONES OF AN INFANTS SKULL ARE CALLED?
FONTANELLES
OR SOFT SPOTS
AT WHAT AGE DO THE FONTANELLES "CLOSE"?
AROUND 18 MONTHS
WHY IS THE RIB CAGE IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN MORE ELASTIC AND FLEXIBLE THAN THE RIB CAGE OF AN ADULT?
IT IS MADE UP OF MORE CARTILLAGE THAN BONE AT THIS AGE
NORMAL PEDS V/S

NEWBORN
RESP 30-60
HR 100-180
SYSTOLIC 60 - 90
NORMAL PEDS V/S

INFANT
RESP 30-60
HR 100-160
SYSTOLIC 87-105
NORMAL PEDS V/S

TODDLER
RESP 24-40
HR 80-110
SYSTOLIC 95-105
NORMAL PEDS V/S

PRESCHOOLER
RESP 22-34
HR 70-110
SYSTOLIC 95-110
NORMAL PEDS V/S

SCHOOL AGE
RESP 28-30
HR 65-110
SYSTOLIC 97 - 112
NORMAL PEDS V/S

ADOLESCENT
RESP 12 - 26
HR 60-90
SYSTOLIC B/P 112-128
TACHYCARDIA OR BRADYCARDIA IS A RESPONSE TO HYPOXIA THAT ...
WITHOUT AGRESSIVE INTERVENTION, CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST IN IMMINENT
A CHILD'S LIVER AND SPLEEN ARE SMALLER OR LARGER THAN AN ADULTS?
LARGER AND MUCH MORE VASCULAR
WHEN CHECKING CIRCULATION IN CHILDREN....CHECK WHAT?
CAPILLARY REFILLS, AND PULSES (BRACHIAL)
HOW MANY BONES ARE IN THE HUMAN BODY?
206
DO INFANTS OR ADULTS HAVE MORE BONES?
INFANTS BECAUSE ALL THE BONES HAVE NOT FUSED TOGETHER YET?
WHAT IS CLUBBING OF THE NAILS CAUSED BY?
COPD - ENLARGED NAIL BEDS, THE FIGERNAILS AT THE END OF THE NAIL BEDS...
WHAT IS TMJ?
IS A DISORDER THAT WILL CAUSE THE JAWS TO LOCK OPEN, AND THE PRESSURE HAS TO BE MANUALLY RELEASED...
HOW DO YOU TREAT A DEPRESSED SKULL FX?
LAY DRESSING ON IT,,,,,,NO PRESSURE
S/S OF SKULL Fx
RACOONS EYES
BATTLE'S SIGNS
WHAT IS THE HARDEST BONE IN THE BODY?
SCAPULA
HOW DO YOU ASSESS THE SKULL?
TOP TO BOTTOM, FRONT TO BACK - ASSESS THE SKULL - IF YOU FIND A DREPRESSED SPOT ON THE BONE - DO NOT MASH ON IT
PERRL
PUPILS
EQUAL
ROUND
REACTIVE
LIGHT
WHAT IS THE WHITE PART OF THE EYE?
SCLERA
WHICH CRANIAL NERVE CONTROLS PUPIL RESPONSE?
CN3
IF THE 3RD CRANIAL NERVE IS DAMAGED, WHAT WILL STAY DILATED?
PUPILS
WHAT IS HYPHEMIA?
BLOOD POOLING IN THE EYEBALL - THE BLOOD POOLS ON THE INNER CHAMBER OF THE EYE AND THE FLUID WILL
WHAT IS VITRIOUS HUMOR?
THE FLUID CONTAINED WITHIN THE EYE
AQUEOUS HUMOR IS FOUND IN WHAT CHAMBER OF THE EYE BALL?
IN THE FRONT CHAMBER OF THE EYE BALL
PTOSIS IS IS A CONDITION WHERE THE PT CAN NOT OPEN THERE EYE MORE THAN HALFWAY IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO WHAT TYPE OF ABUSE?
DRUG ABUSE CAUSES PTOSIS OR HALF MOON EYES
IF SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY HAPPENS TO A PERSON'S VISON..IS IT CONSIDERED A LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCY? TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUE
IF THE PUPILS ARE NOT SYMETRIC....WHAT DO YOU ASSESS FIRST?
QUESTION THE PT ABOUT THE ABNORMALITY
M.I.S. (BONES OF THE INNER EAR)
MALLEOUS
INCAS
STAPES
OR THE
HAMMER
ANVIL
STIRRUP
WHAT IS A HALO TEST USED TO DETERMINE?
CSF LEAKAGE FROM THE EARS WHEN BLOOD IS PRESENT
TRUE OR FALSE
IF YOU WORK A TRAUMA AND THE PT HAS CSF AND BLOOD DRAINAGE OUT OF THE EARS AND NOSE, IS IT A GOOD INDICATOR OF A SKULL FX?
TRUE
AS PARAMEDICS, DO WE REMOVE OBJECTS OUT OF SOMEONE' S EAR CANAL?
NO, IT IS AN INVASIVE PROCEDURE....MUST BE DONE BY AN ER DOC OR ENT DOC
BUG IN THE EAR CANAL
ONCE A BUG ENTERS THE EAR CANAL, IT CAN NOT BACK OUT DUE TO THE BARBS ON THEIR LEGS
DO WE INSPECT EAR DRUMS IN THE FIELD?
NO, THUS WE DON'T CARRY OTOSCOPES ON THE TRUCKS
WHAT IS EPISTAXIS?
EPISTAXIS IS NOSE BLEED
WHERE IS THE UVULA LOCATED?
THE UVULA IS LOCATED AT THE BACK OF THE THROAT
WHAT ARE THE VITAL STRUCTURES IN THE NECK?
CAROTID ARTERIES
SPINAL CORD
JUGULAR VEINS
LARYNX/TRACHEA
ESOPHAGUS