Chapter 12 Critical Thinking

Question 1

What is affect?

Answer 1

The patient’s emotional state as reflected in the patient’s physical behavior.

Question 2

What is comorbidity?

Answer 2

The existence of two or more chronic diseases or conditions in a patient.

Question 3

What is concept formation?

Answer 3

1st stage critical thinking

Pattern of understanding based on initially obtained information; the first stage of the critical thinking process in prehospital care.

Question 4

What is cookbook medicine?

Answer 4

Blindly following a protocol or algorithm without thinking about what is being done and whether it is working.

Question 5

What is data interpretation?

Answer 5

2nd stage critical thinking.

The process of reaching conclusions based on comparing the patient’s presentation with information from your training, education, and past experiences; the second stage of the critical thinking process in prehospital care.

Question 6

What is diagnosis?

Answer 6

The identification of a disease based on its signs and symptoms.

Question 7

What is medical ambiguity?

Answer 7

Vague or unclear aspects of medicine.

Question 8

What does it mean to synthesize?

Answer 8

To combine several things, such as history elements, into a coherent whole.

Question 9

What is tunnel vision?

Answer 9

Focusing on or considering only one aspect of a situation without first taking into account all possibilities.