CCMA Certification Q&A Study Guide

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? Systole contraction of the heart Diastole relaxation of the heart Anthropometric measurements 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 General appearance, state of nutrition, body habits, symmetry, pasture and gait, speech. palpation to examine by touch Percussion 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.