Medical Assessment and Evaluation Study
Guide
1. What is the definition of etiology?: The cause of an injury or disease
2. What is the definition of mechanism?: The mechanical description of the case
3. What is the definition of pathology?: The structural and functional changes that result
from the injury process
4. What is the definition of symptom?: A perceptible change in a patients body or its
function
5. What is the definition of sign?: definitive and obvious indicator of a specific condition
6. What is the definition of diagnosis?: A process of including, excluding and prioritizing
possibilities by expecting the most serious injury
7. What is the definition of differential diagnosis?: A systematic method of
diagnosing a disorder that lacks unique system or signs
8. What is the definition of a prognosis?: A prediction of the course of the condition
9. What is the definition of sequela?: A condition following and resulting from a disease or an
injury
10. What is the definition of syndrome?: Refers to a group of symptoms and signs ,
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, together that indicate a particular injury of a disease
11. What is a primary assessment?: Airway, breathing, circulation
12. What are the ABCs of the primary assessment?: Airway, breathing,
circulation
13. How long can someone be without oxygen before brain
damage occurs?: 4 minutes
14. How many rescue breathes are given for an adult? Child?: One
breathe every 5 secs, one breathe every 3 secs
15. What is the compression to breathe ratio?: 30:2
16. What do you use to perform compressions on an adult? Child?
Infant?: 2 hands, one hand, fingers
17. What is the difference between a heart attack and sudden
cardiac arrest?: -
Heart attack: Damage by blockage, clot, stress
Cardiac arrest: Electrical system of the heart fails
18. What does AED stand for?: Automated external defibrillator
19. What is an AED used for?: Stimulates heart with an electric shock
20. How much blood loss can lead to death for an adult?: 6 quarts of
blood, loss of 10%
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Guide
1. What is the definition of etiology?: The cause of an injury or disease
2. What is the definition of mechanism?: The mechanical description of the case
3. What is the definition of pathology?: The structural and functional changes that result
from the injury process
4. What is the definition of symptom?: A perceptible change in a patients body or its
function
5. What is the definition of sign?: definitive and obvious indicator of a specific condition
6. What is the definition of diagnosis?: A process of including, excluding and prioritizing
possibilities by expecting the most serious injury
7. What is the definition of differential diagnosis?: A systematic method of
diagnosing a disorder that lacks unique system or signs
8. What is the definition of a prognosis?: A prediction of the course of the condition
9. What is the definition of sequela?: A condition following and resulting from a disease or an
injury
10. What is the definition of syndrome?: Refers to a group of symptoms and signs ,
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, together that indicate a particular injury of a disease
11. What is a primary assessment?: Airway, breathing, circulation
12. What are the ABCs of the primary assessment?: Airway, breathing,
circulation
13. How long can someone be without oxygen before brain
damage occurs?: 4 minutes
14. How many rescue breathes are given for an adult? Child?: One
breathe every 5 secs, one breathe every 3 secs
15. What is the compression to breathe ratio?: 30:2
16. What do you use to perform compressions on an adult? Child?
Infant?: 2 hands, one hand, fingers
17. What is the difference between a heart attack and sudden
cardiac arrest?: -
Heart attack: Damage by blockage, clot, stress
Cardiac arrest: Electrical system of the heart fails
18. What does AED stand for?: Automated external defibrillator
19. What is an AED used for?: Stimulates heart with an electric shock
20. How much blood loss can lead to death for an adult?: 6 quarts of
blood, loss of 10%
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