TIPS CERTIFICATION EXAM III UPDATED EXAM
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◉ History of present illness HPI.
Answer: Explains the chief complaint. A chronological description of
the development of the patient's present illness from the first sign or
symptom or from the previous encounter to the present.
◉ Vital Signs.
Answer: Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood pressure are all
___________ ___________.
◉ Normal oral temperature.
Answer: 97.6F - 99.6F
◉ intermittent fever.
Answer: Fever that alternates between elevated and normal or
subnormal body temperatures.
◉ Remittent fever.
Answer: fever in which temperature fluctuates greatly but never falls
to the normal level.
,◉ Continuous fever.
Answer: A fever that remains constant above the baseline, does not
fluctuate.
◉ 60-100 BPM.
Answer: Normal pulse rate
◉ Respirations.
Answer: Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into account when
measuring what?
◉ Systole.
Answer: contraction of the heart
◉ Diastole.
Answer: relaxation of the heart
◉ Anthropometric measurements.
Answer: Measurement of height, (length rather than height is used
in infants because they cannot stand.), weight, BMI, head
circumference in infants, waist to hip, % of body fat.
, ◉ Inspection.
Answer: General appearance, state of nutrition, body habits,
symmetry, pasture and gait, speech.
◉ palpation.
Answer: to examine by touch
◉ Percussion.
Answer: physical examination method of tapping over the body to
elicit vibrations and sounds to estimate the size, border, or fluid
content of a cavity such as the chest.
◉ Ausculation.
Answer: the act of listening to sounds arising within organs (as the
lungs or heart) as an aid to diagnosis and treatment.
◉ OSHA.
Answer: a government agency in the Department of Labor to
maintain a safe and healthy work environment
◉ cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Answer: an emergency procedure for life support consisting of
artificial respiration and manual external cardiac compression
SCRIPT WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ History of present illness HPI.
Answer: Explains the chief complaint. A chronological description of
the development of the patient's present illness from the first sign or
symptom or from the previous encounter to the present.
◉ Vital Signs.
Answer: Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood pressure are all
___________ ___________.
◉ Normal oral temperature.
Answer: 97.6F - 99.6F
◉ intermittent fever.
Answer: Fever that alternates between elevated and normal or
subnormal body temperatures.
◉ Remittent fever.
Answer: fever in which temperature fluctuates greatly but never falls
to the normal level.
,◉ Continuous fever.
Answer: A fever that remains constant above the baseline, does not
fluctuate.
◉ 60-100 BPM.
Answer: Normal pulse rate
◉ Respirations.
Answer: Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into account when
measuring what?
◉ Systole.
Answer: contraction of the heart
◉ Diastole.
Answer: relaxation of the heart
◉ Anthropometric measurements.
Answer: Measurement of height, (length rather than height is used
in infants because they cannot stand.), weight, BMI, head
circumference in infants, waist to hip, % of body fat.
, ◉ Inspection.
Answer: General appearance, state of nutrition, body habits,
symmetry, pasture and gait, speech.
◉ palpation.
Answer: to examine by touch
◉ Percussion.
Answer: physical examination method of tapping over the body to
elicit vibrations and sounds to estimate the size, border, or fluid
content of a cavity such as the chest.
◉ Ausculation.
Answer: the act of listening to sounds arising within organs (as the
lungs or heart) as an aid to diagnosis and treatment.
◉ OSHA.
Answer: a government agency in the Department of Labor to
maintain a safe and healthy work environment
◉ cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Answer: an emergency procedure for life support consisting of
artificial respiration and manual external cardiac compression
