Exam 1 Flashcards
(192 cards)
What length should be the cuff’s bladder at least be compared to the circumference of the upper arm?
What about the width?
at least 80%
at least 40%
how high should the blood pressure cuff be compared to the cubital fossa?
1 inch above
Technically which part of the stethoscope should you be using over the brachial artery?
Bell is technical, but most people use the diaphragm
What is the first knocking sound called and which pressure is this?
Korotkoff
Systolic
What is an Auscultory gap?
period of absent korotkoff sounds. so you can accidentally underestimate systolic or overestimate diastolic
patient should be free of what and for how many minutes before a bp reading?
smoking, caffeine, exercise 30 minutes prior
How can you get a falsely high reading for bp?
cuff too small
cuff too large on a large arm
brachial artery is below the heart
How can you get a falsely high reading for bp?
cuff too large for a small arm
brachial artery above heart
What’s the average respiratory rate?
15-20 per min
If you’re looking at someone’s right eye, how do you hold the ophthalmoscope?
hold it with right hand, with your right eye, and have them look over your right shoulder and look at their eye from lateral to medial
Which way do you pull the ear when looking in their ears for a kid less than 12 months?
Down and back
Which way do you pull the ear when looking in their ears for a kid greater than 12 months?
Up and back
What is sensitivity?
proportion of patients with the diagnosis who have the physical sign
I.e. have the positive result
What is “True positive” and is it with specificity or sensitivity
the “True Positive” rate
the probability that a person with the disease has a positive test
Sensitivity
What is Specificity
the proportion of patients without the diagnosis who Lack the physical sign (i.e. have the negative result)
What are you looking at with “red free” light on the Opthalmoscope?
visualize the vessels and hemorrhage
What are you looking at with “slit beam” light on the Opthalmoscope?
contour abnormalities
What are you looking at with “blue light” light on the Opthalmoscope?
abrasions and ulcers after fluorescein staining
What is the direct pupillary light reflex?
when the light is shined in the eye, the pupil constricts
What is the consensual pupillary light reflex?
when the light shined in the eye, the pupil of the other eye also constricts
What lasts longer, air conduction or Bone conduction
Air conduction lasts longer
Where do you hold the fork for air conduction
hold fork in front of external auditory meatus
Where do you hold the fork for bone conduction?
boney area behind the ear
Where do you put the tuning fork for the weber test?
forehead