Secondary Assessment

Question 1

What do you look for when assessing the head?

Answer 1

Battle signs,

Raccoon eyes,

Eyes - PERRLA,

Mouth - LOBO.

Question 2

Head:

What are battle signs?

Answer 2

(Mastoid Ecchymosis)

A crescent shaped bruise that appears behind one or both ears.

Indicates fracture at the bottom of the skull and suggest underlying brain trauma.

Question 3

Head:

What are raccoon eyes?

Answer 3

(Periorbital Ecchymosis)

Indicates basal skull fracture.

Question 4

Head:

What is eyes - PERRLA?

Answer 4

Pupil Equal Round React to Light and Accommodation.

Question 5

Eyes - PERRLA picture?

Answer 5

Question 6

Head:

What is mouth - LOBO?

Answer 6

Lacerations,

Obstructions,

Broken Teeth,

Odor.

Question 7

What do you look for when assessing the neck?

Answer 7

Jugular Vein Distension (JVD),

Tracheal Deviation,

C-Spine Palpitation.

Question 8

Neck:

What is Jugular Vein Distention (JVD)?

Answer 8

Blood flow refluxes, flows backwards from the right atrium into the jugular vein.

Question 9

Jugular Vein Distention (JVD) picture?

Answer 9

Question 10

Neck:

What is Tracheal Deviation?

Answer 10

Question 11

Neck:

What does a tracheal deviation mean?

Answer 11

Collapsed lung from a chest wound.

Air fills the lung and causes pressure.

Question 12

Neck:

What is C-Spine palpation?

Answer 12

Check for step-offs (bone not lined up properly).

Question 13

C-Spine palpitation picture?

Answer 13

Question 14

What do you look for when assessing the abdominal area?

Answer 14

TERDS.

Question 15

What is the T in TERDS?

Answer 15

Tenderness.

Question 16

What is the E in TERDS?

Answer 16

Evisceration.

Question 17

What is the R in TERDS?

Answer 17

Rigidity.

Question 18

What is the D in TERDS?

Answer 18

Distention.

Question 19

What is the S in TERDS?

Answer 19

Swelling.

Question 20

You divide the abdominopelvic area into how many quadrants?

Answer 20

Four equal quadrants.

Question 21

How do you palpate the abdominopelvic area?

Answer 21

Clockwise starting from the right upper quadrant.

Question 22

Abdominopelvic Quadrants picture?

Answer 22

Question 23

What is a General Head-To-Toe Assessment?

Answer 23

DCAP-BTLS.

Question 24

What is the D in DCAP-BTLS?

Answer 24

Deformities.

Question 25

What is the C in DCAP-BTLS?

Answer 25

Contusions.

Question 26

What is the A in DCAP-BTLS?

Answer 26

Abrasions.

Question 27

What is the P in DCAP-BTLS?

Answer 27

Punctures.

Question 28

What is the B in DCAP-BTLS?

Answer 28

Burns.

Question 29

What is the T in DCAP-BTLS?

Answer 29

Tenderness.

Question 30

What is the L in DCAP-BTLS?

Answer 30

Lacerations.

Question 31

What is the S in DCAP-BTLS?

Answer 31

Swelling.

Question 32

What are Deformities?

Answer 32

Malformations or distortions of the body.

Question 33

What are Contusions?

Answer 33

Injury to tissues with skin discoloration and without breakage of skin, Also called a bruise.

Question 34

What are Abrasions?

Answer 34

Scrape causes by rubbing from a sharp object resulting in surface denuded of skin.

Question 35

What are Punctures?

Answer 35

Wound with relatively small opening compared with depth, produced by a narrow pointed object.

Question 36

What are Burns?

Answer 36

Burns are injuries to tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation or chemicals.

Question 37

What is Tenderness?

Answer 37

The condition of being tender or sore to the touch.

Question 38

What are Lacerations?

Answer 38

A torn or jagged wound caused by blunt trauma, incorrectly used when describing a cut.

Question 39

What is Swelling?

Answer 39

Sign of inflammation, caused by the exudation of fluid from the capillary vessels into the tissue.

Question 40

DCAP-BTLS picture?

Answer 40

Question 41

What is Crepitation?

Answer 41

Crackling sounds or sensation from grating of the ends of fractured bones.

Question 42

What are the two pneumonic's used for getting a pertinent medical history?

Answer 42

SAMPLE, OPQRST.

Question 43

What is the S in SAMPLE?

Answer 43

Signs and symptoms.

Question 44

What is the A in SAMPLE?

Answer 44

Allergies.

Question 45

What is the M in SAMPLE?

Answer 45

Medications.

Question 46

What is the P in SAMPLE?

Answer 46

Past history.

Question 47

What is the L in SAMPLE?

Answer 47

Last oral intake.

Question 48

What is the E in SAMPLE?

Answer 48

Events leading up.

Question 49

What is the O in OPQRST?

Answer 49

Onset.

Question 50

What is the P in OPQRST?

Answer 50

Provocation.

Question 51

What is the Q in OPQRST?

Answer 51

Quality of pain.

Question 52

What is the R in OPQRST?

Answer 52

Region and radiation.

Question 53

What is the S in OPQRST?

Answer 53

Severity.

Question 54

What is the T in OPQRST?

Answer 54

Time and history.

Question 55

What is the pneumonic for the 6 rights of a patient?

Answer 55

DDDPRT Triple D PRT.

Question 56

What is Triple D PRT?

Answer 56

Drug, Documentation, Dosage, Patient, Route, Time.