Unit 2.1 PLTW Biomed Exam
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diagnosis - ✔✔identification of a patient's disease or injury
demeanor - ✔✔outward behavior
tact - ✔✔discretion and sensitivity when dealing with patients
empathy - ✔✔understanding and sharing feelings with patients
medical history - ✔✔record of past and current health
chief complaint - ✔✔a patient's overview of what they think is their main health
problem
physical signs - ✔✔observable signs of illness
found externally
symptoms - ✔✔subjective evidence of a disease, lets the doctor narrow down conditions
and make tests
current history - ✔✔patient's main complaint, current health issues, treatments/tests
that the patient just had or will have, allergies, medication, health habits
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, previous history - ✔✔any past health problems, procedures, medications, vaccinations,
and hospital visits
social history - ✔✔aspects of the patient's lifestyle
family history - ✔✔medical information about the patient's family
vital signs - ✔✔medical signs that indicate the health of the patient's vital functions
systolic - ✔✔Blood pressure in the arteries during contraction of the ventricles.
diastolic - ✔✔Blood pressure that remains between heart contractions.
pulse - ✔✔number of heartbeats in a minute
60-100
measured with an oximeter
respiratory rate - ✔✔number of breaths per minute
12-20, stethoscope
blood pressure - ✔✔measure force applied to artery walls as blood pumps and amount
of blood pumped
mm Hg
less than 120/80
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
diagnosis - ✔✔identification of a patient's disease or injury
demeanor - ✔✔outward behavior
tact - ✔✔discretion and sensitivity when dealing with patients
empathy - ✔✔understanding and sharing feelings with patients
medical history - ✔✔record of past and current health
chief complaint - ✔✔a patient's overview of what they think is their main health
problem
physical signs - ✔✔observable signs of illness
found externally
symptoms - ✔✔subjective evidence of a disease, lets the doctor narrow down conditions
and make tests
current history - ✔✔patient's main complaint, current health issues, treatments/tests
that the patient just had or will have, allergies, medication, health habits
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, previous history - ✔✔any past health problems, procedures, medications, vaccinations,
and hospital visits
social history - ✔✔aspects of the patient's lifestyle
family history - ✔✔medical information about the patient's family
vital signs - ✔✔medical signs that indicate the health of the patient's vital functions
systolic - ✔✔Blood pressure in the arteries during contraction of the ventricles.
diastolic - ✔✔Blood pressure that remains between heart contractions.
pulse - ✔✔number of heartbeats in a minute
60-100
measured with an oximeter
respiratory rate - ✔✔number of breaths per minute
12-20, stethoscope
blood pressure - ✔✔measure force applied to artery walls as blood pumps and amount
of blood pumped
mm Hg
less than 120/80
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