TIPS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ History of present illness HPI. Answer: 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. Answer: Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood
pressure are all ___________ ___________.
⩥ Normal oral temperature. Answer: 97.6F - 99.6F
⩥ intermittent fever. Answer: Fever that alternates between elevated and
normal or subnormal body temperatures.
⩥ Remittent fever. Answer: fever in which temperature fluctuates greatly
but never falls to the normal level.
⩥ Continuous fever. Answer: A fever that remains constant above the
baseline, does not fluctuate.
⩥ 60-100 BPM. Answer: Normal pulse rate
,⩥ Respirations. Answer: Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into account
when measuring what?
⩥ Systole. Answer: contraction of the heart
⩥ Diastole. Answer: relaxation of the heart
⩥ Anthropometric measurements. Answer: 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. Answer: General appearance, state of nutrition, body
habits, symmetry, pasture and gait, speech.
⩥ palpation. Answer: to examine by touch
⩥ Percussion. Answer: 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.
⩥ Ausculation. Answer: the act of listening to sounds arising within
organs (as the lungs or heart) as an aid to diagnosis and treatment.
, ⩥ OSHA. Answer: a government agency in the Department of Labor to
maintain a safe and healthy work environment
⩥ cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Answer: an emergency procedure for
life support consisting of artificial respiration and manual external
cardiac compression
⩥ SHOCK. Answer: This is caused by inadequate blood flow to the
heart and in turn to the rest of the body.
⩥ Symptoms of shock. Answer: Pale, cold, clammy skin
rapid, weak pulse
increased shallow breathing
expressionless face or staring eyes are all ____________ ___
_________.
⩥ First aid for Shock. Answer: maintain open airway for the victim, call
for assistance, keep victim lying down w/ head lower than rest of body;
attempt to control bleeding or other cause of shock if known; keep
victim warm until help arrives
⩥ Portal of exit. Answer: Method in which a infectious agent leaves the
reservoir. Ex: contact with body fluids such as blood or saliva.
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ History of present illness HPI. Answer: 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. Answer: Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood
pressure are all ___________ ___________.
⩥ Normal oral temperature. Answer: 97.6F - 99.6F
⩥ intermittent fever. Answer: Fever that alternates between elevated and
normal or subnormal body temperatures.
⩥ Remittent fever. Answer: fever in which temperature fluctuates greatly
but never falls to the normal level.
⩥ Continuous fever. Answer: A fever that remains constant above the
baseline, does not fluctuate.
⩥ 60-100 BPM. Answer: Normal pulse rate
,⩥ Respirations. Answer: Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into account
when measuring what?
⩥ Systole. Answer: contraction of the heart
⩥ Diastole. Answer: relaxation of the heart
⩥ Anthropometric measurements. Answer: 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. Answer: General appearance, state of nutrition, body
habits, symmetry, pasture and gait, speech.
⩥ palpation. Answer: to examine by touch
⩥ Percussion. Answer: 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.
⩥ Ausculation. Answer: the act of listening to sounds arising within
organs (as the lungs or heart) as an aid to diagnosis and treatment.
, ⩥ OSHA. Answer: a government agency in the Department of Labor to
maintain a safe and healthy work environment
⩥ cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Answer: an emergency procedure for
life support consisting of artificial respiration and manual external
cardiac compression
⩥ SHOCK. Answer: This is caused by inadequate blood flow to the
heart and in turn to the rest of the body.
⩥ Symptoms of shock. Answer: Pale, cold, clammy skin
rapid, weak pulse
increased shallow breathing
expressionless face or staring eyes are all ____________ ___
_________.
⩥ First aid for Shock. Answer: maintain open airway for the victim, call
for assistance, keep victim lying down w/ head lower than rest of body;
attempt to control bleeding or other cause of shock if known; keep
victim warm until help arrives
⩥ Portal of exit. Answer: Method in which a infectious agent leaves the
reservoir. Ex: contact with body fluids such as blood or saliva.
