EMR STUDYS ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - ✔✔variety of lung problems
related to disease including emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Usually occurs in
middle age or older people.
✔✔Altered Mental Status - ✔✔a sudden or gradual decrease in their responsiveness
and understanding ranging from disorientation to unresponsiveness.
✔✔Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke) - ✔✔blocking (bursting) of a verse that supplies
blood to the brain an inadequate supply of oxygen to a portion of the brain causing
death
✔✔Seizures - ✔✔Irregular electrical activity in the brain causing serious change in
behavior and usually related to a nervous system malfunction. Rarely life threatening.
✔✔Diabetes - ✔✔prevents individuals from producing enough insulin or utilizing insulin
efficiently
✔✔Hyperglycemia - ✔✔high blood sugar
can produce a coma
takes several days to develop
✔✔Hypoglycemia - ✔✔low blood sugar
caused by too high a level of insulin in the blood (produces a drop in blood sugar)
✔✔Anaphylactic Shock - ✔✔Allergic Reaction
✔✔Hypothermia - ✔✔general cooling of the body which creates a state of low body
temperature
✔✔Hyperthermia - ✔✔Heat Stroke
✔✔Four Routes of Poison - ✔✔Ingestion
Inhalation
, Absorption
Injection
✔✔Five Causes of Anaphylactic Shock - ✔✔bees
food
inhaled
chemicals
medicine
✔✔Six Causes for Altered Mental Status - ✔✔Strokes
Diabetes
Heat
Cold
Seizures
Poison
✔✔Three Types of External Bleeding - ✔✔Arterial
Venous
Capillary
✔✔Arterial Bleeding - ✔✔Blood Spirt (from wound)
Bright Red (oxygen rich)
✔✔Venous Bleeding - ✔✔Blood Flows (steady)
Dark Red (oxygen poor)
✔✔Capillary Bleeding - ✔✔Blood Oozes (clotting quickly)
High Chance of Infection
✔✔Abrasions - ✔✔damages the surface of the skin, but not all layers
✔✔Lacerations - ✔✔Jagged cuts where tissue along the edge of the wound is torn and
a rough edge is produced
✔✔Puncture Wounds - ✔✔Puncturing objects tear through skin damages all tissues in
its path, can be shallow or deep (internal bleeding)
✔✔Sucking Chest Wounds - ✔✔puncture wounds to the chest
patients may cough up blood
the chest may collapse (lungs) (because air is in-between the lungs and check wall)
✔✔Avulsions - ✔✔large flaps of skin are torn loose or off, replace before removing
✔✔Amputations - ✔✔cutting or tearing off of the fingers, toes, hands, feet, arms, or legs
✔✔Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - ✔✔variety of lung problems
related to disease including emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Usually occurs in
middle age or older people.
✔✔Altered Mental Status - ✔✔a sudden or gradual decrease in their responsiveness
and understanding ranging from disorientation to unresponsiveness.
✔✔Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke) - ✔✔blocking (bursting) of a verse that supplies
blood to the brain an inadequate supply of oxygen to a portion of the brain causing
death
✔✔Seizures - ✔✔Irregular electrical activity in the brain causing serious change in
behavior and usually related to a nervous system malfunction. Rarely life threatening.
✔✔Diabetes - ✔✔prevents individuals from producing enough insulin or utilizing insulin
efficiently
✔✔Hyperglycemia - ✔✔high blood sugar
can produce a coma
takes several days to develop
✔✔Hypoglycemia - ✔✔low blood sugar
caused by too high a level of insulin in the blood (produces a drop in blood sugar)
✔✔Anaphylactic Shock - ✔✔Allergic Reaction
✔✔Hypothermia - ✔✔general cooling of the body which creates a state of low body
temperature
✔✔Hyperthermia - ✔✔Heat Stroke
✔✔Four Routes of Poison - ✔✔Ingestion
Inhalation
, Absorption
Injection
✔✔Five Causes of Anaphylactic Shock - ✔✔bees
food
inhaled
chemicals
medicine
✔✔Six Causes for Altered Mental Status - ✔✔Strokes
Diabetes
Heat
Cold
Seizures
Poison
✔✔Three Types of External Bleeding - ✔✔Arterial
Venous
Capillary
✔✔Arterial Bleeding - ✔✔Blood Spirt (from wound)
Bright Red (oxygen rich)
✔✔Venous Bleeding - ✔✔Blood Flows (steady)
Dark Red (oxygen poor)
✔✔Capillary Bleeding - ✔✔Blood Oozes (clotting quickly)
High Chance of Infection
✔✔Abrasions - ✔✔damages the surface of the skin, but not all layers
✔✔Lacerations - ✔✔Jagged cuts where tissue along the edge of the wound is torn and
a rough edge is produced
✔✔Puncture Wounds - ✔✔Puncturing objects tear through skin damages all tissues in
its path, can be shallow or deep (internal bleeding)
✔✔Sucking Chest Wounds - ✔✔puncture wounds to the chest
patients may cough up blood
the chest may collapse (lungs) (because air is in-between the lungs and check wall)
✔✔Avulsions - ✔✔large flaps of skin are torn loose or off, replace before removing
✔✔Amputations - ✔✔cutting or tearing off of the fingers, toes, hands, feet, arms, or legs
