CCMA Certification study guide 160 quiz questions With Complete Solutions

Chief complaint CC - ️️The reason a patient called for help. Also, the patient's response to questions such as "What's wrong?" or "What happened?" History of present illness HPI - ️️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 - ️️Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood pressure are all ___________ ___________. Normal oral temperature - ️️97.6F - 99.6F intermittent fever - ️️Fever that alternates between elevated and normal or subnormal body temperatures. Remittent fever - ️️fever in which temperature fluctuates greatly but never falls to the normal level. Continuous fever - ️️A fever that remains constant above the baseline, does not fluctuate. 60-100 BPM - ️️Normal pulse rate Respirations - ️️Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into account when measuring what?