examples of adventitious breath sounds - Answers Fine crackles, wheeze, coarse crackles, pleural friction
rub
Intrinsic aging - Answers Alterations in structure and function of the skin due to normal maturity
Extrinsic aging - Answers Impact of environmental and other preventable factors on our skin's aging
process
Bradycardic - Answers slow heart rate, below 60 bpm
Tachycardic - Answers fast heart rate, above 100 bpm
Tachyponea - Answers Rapid breathing, above 20 bpm
Bradyponea - Answers slow breathing, under 12 bpm
hypotensive - Answers low blood pressure, under 90/60 mmHg
hypertensive - Answers high blood pressure, 140/90 mmHg
Normotensive - Answers normal blood pressure
Hypothermic - Answers low body temperature, below 35 degrees
Cheyne-Stokes breathing - Answers a distinct pattern of breathing characterized by quickening and
deepening respirations followed by a period of apnea
Normal blood pressure for adults - Answers 120/80 mm Hg
Normal pulse rate for adults - Answers 60-100 bpm
Normal respiration rate for adults - Answers 12-20 resps per min
Normal temperature for adult - Answers 36.2 - 37.5
function of R atrium - Answers Received deoxygenated blood from body via vena cava
Function of L atrium - Answers Received oxygenated blood from lungs via pulmonary vein
Function of R ventricle - Answers Pumps deoxygenated blood into the lungs via pulmonary artery
Function of L ventricle - Answers Pumps 4-5 litres of oxygenated blood to the body via the aorta
How to assess patients - Answers 1. Introduce yourself
2. Invite and answer any questions from the patient
3. Maintain privacy
, 4. Ensure patient is accessible from both sides of the bed or examination table
P wave - Answers depolarisation of atrial myocardium
QRS complex - Answers depolarisation of ventricular myocardium
T wave - Answers Repolarisation of ventricular myocardium
Eupnea - Answers normal breathing (12-20 bpm)
Apnea - Answers absence of breathing for 10 or more seconds
Afferent division - Answers Message to brain
Efferent division - Answers Message from brain
What are the 4 abdominal assessment techniques? - Answers Inspection
Auscultation
Percussion
Palpation
What are the 4 lobes of the brain? - Answers frontal, temporal, parietal, occipital
Function of olfactory nerve - Answers smell
function of optic nerve - Answers sight
function of oculomotor nerve - Answers Eye lid/ pupil response
function of trochlear nerve - Answers eye movement
function of trigeminal nerve - Answers muscles of the face/ chew
function of facial nerve - Answers facial expression
function of vestibulocochlear nerve - Answers hearing and balance
function of glossopharyngeal nerve - Answers Swallowing
function of vagus nerve - Answers Controls specific body functions (major organs)
nociceptive pain - Answers special nerve endings called nociceptive send pain signals to the CNS
neuropathic pain - Answers caused by dysfunction in the nervous system or damage to the nerve itself
cancer pain - Answers due to the compression of peripheral nerves or meninges or from the damage to
these structures following surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, or tumor growth and infiltration