Navy Hospital Corpsman, HCB Test 2 Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
the passageway by which air enters and leaves the body - ANSWER ✔✔-airway
a prehospital assessment that is the first step in the total assessment of the patient - ANSWER ✔✔-
primary assessment
a prehospital assessment that is a rapid assessment of the head, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities, and
posterior of the body to detect signs and symptoms of an injury - ANSWER ✔✔-rapid trauma assessment
procedure for detecting changes in a patients condition - ANSWER ✔✔-reassessment
assessment done after the scene safety and primary assessment that includes pt hx, review of systems,
physical exam and vital signs - ANSWER ✔✔-secondary assessment
injury caused by a blow that does not penetrate the skin or other body tissues - ANSWER ✔✔-blunt force
trauma
in medicine the reason for a call to EMS - ANSWER ✔✔-chief complaint
the course of the blood from the heart through the arteries, caps, and veins back again to the heart -
ANSWER ✔✔-circulation
a condition of being stretched, inflated, or larger than normal - ANSWER ✔✔-distension
impression of the patients condition that is formed on first approaching the patient based on patients
environment, c/c, and appearance - ANSWER ✔✔-general impression
a patient with one or more medical diseases or conditions - ANSWER ✔✔-medical patient
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what pulse divides the medial malleolus and heel into the lateral and medial plantar arteries - ANSWER
✔✔-posterior tibial
what pain involves the many factors that influence the patients report of pain (psychiatric conditions) -
ANSWER ✔✔-psychogenic pain
what pulse runs along the line between the first and second toe, and its pulse point is felt in the mid foot -
ANSWER ✔✔-doralis pedis
what type of pain is the alteration of central nervous system processing of sensation, leading to
amplification of pain signals - ANSWER ✔✔-central sensitization
what is used in conjunction with the stethoscope to allow you to accurately obtain the patients bp -
ANSWER ✔✔-sphygmomanometer
what is an electronic device for determining the amount of o2 carried in the blood - ANSWER ✔✔-pulse
oximeter
what is an electronic temp measurement tool capable of taking oral, axillary, or rectal temp - ANSWER
✔✔-thermometer
what do you call watching the rise and fall of he chest cavity in the most accurate way to visually take
note of the patients respirations - ANSWER ✔✔-respiratory rate
what pain is without identifiable etiology - ANSWER ✔✔-idiopathic
auscultation of most sounds requires the use of a - ANSWER ✔✔-stethoscope
what is the pressure crafted in the arteries when the heart contracts and forces blood out in to circulation -
ANSWER ✔✔-systolic
the pressure remaining in the arteries when the heart is relaxed - ANSWER ✔✔-diastolic
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