Terminology

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Acute

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New, usually of rapid onset and of concern

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Abrasion

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Scrape of skin due to something abrasive

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Ambulate

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To walk from place to place

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Anterior

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Front of the body

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Artery

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Blood vessel carrying blood away from heart

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Auscultate

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Listen with a stethoscope

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Benign

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Normal, of no danger to health

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Bony tenderness

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Pain elicited by pressing on bone

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Bradycardia

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Slow HR (<60 bpm)

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Cardiomegaly

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Enlarged heart

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Cholecystitis

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Inflammation if the cholecyst (gall bladder)

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Chronic

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Long standing, constant, gets worse with time

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COPD

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-lung Dz commonly seen in smokers

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Coronary artery

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Supplies heart tissue with blood

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CVA

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Cerebrovascular accident-AKA stroke, lack if blood supply to brain causing brain damage

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Diaphoresis

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Sweating

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Diffuse

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Everywhere, opposite of focal

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Distal

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Farther from the trunk of the body

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DVT

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Deep vein thrombosis- blood clot in a deep vein, most often in an extremity

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Dyspnea

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Problems with breathing

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Dysuria

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Painful urination

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Ecchymosis

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A bruise

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Edema

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Swelling

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Emesis

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Vomiting

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Epistaxis

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Nose bleed

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Erythema/erythematous

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Redness/red

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Febrile

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Elevated body temp. Fever, indicative of infection

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Focal

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Localized to one specific area

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Grossly

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Very obviously, a lot

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Hematemesis

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Large amounts of blood in vomit

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Hematuria

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Large amounts of blood in urine

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Hemoptysis

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Coughing up large amounts of blood

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Hemorrhage

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Excessive or profuse bleeding

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Hepatomegaly

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Enlarged liver

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Hypertension

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High blood pressure

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Hypotension

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Low BP

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Hypoxia

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Low O2 saturation of body and not enough in blood

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Incontinence

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Accidentally passing urine (urinary incontinence) or stool (bowel incontinence)

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Infarct

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Area of dead tissue after a lack of blood supply

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Inferior

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Lower on body, further from head

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Ischemia

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Lack of blood supply

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Laceration

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Splitting of skin due to trauma

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Lateral

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Farther from midline

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Medial

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Closer to midline

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Melena

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Black, tarry stool

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Myocardial infarction (MI)

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Death of cardiac muscle due to ischemia

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Myalgia

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Muscle pain or aches

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Oriented x3

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Oriented to person, place, and time

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Pallor

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Pale skin

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Palpate

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Using a hand to press on an area

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Palpitations

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Feeling of the heart racing, pounding, or fluttering in the chest

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Point tenderness

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When pressing on an area with one finger generates pain

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Posterior/dorsal

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Backside or rear of body

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Proximal

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Closer to trunk of body

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Pruritic

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Itchy

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Pulmonary embolism

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Blocking a pulmonary artery due to a blood clot

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Purulent

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Pus-like

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Rales

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Wet crackling noise in lungs

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Rhinorrhea

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Runny nose-clear nasal discharge

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Rhonchi

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Rattling noise of mucous in lungs

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Sepsis

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Dangerous infection of blood

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Soft tissue tenderness

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Tenderness of soft tissue, muscle, skin, or fat

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STEMI

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ST elevation MI (stat elevation of myocardial infarction). Real-time, on going death of heart tissue due to ischemia

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Superior

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Higher on body, close to head

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Supine

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Body position laying face up

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Syncope

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Passing out, loss of consciousness or fainting

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Tachycardia

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Elevated HR (>100 bpm)

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Tachypnea

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Increased breathing rate

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Tenderness

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Physicians assessment if an area is painful or not

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TIA

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Transient ischemia attack-minor stroke...neurological function regained quickly with time

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Vein

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Blood vessels carrying blood to heart

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Vertigo

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Condition of dizziness

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Wheezing

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High pitched sound in lungs heard in asthmatics or lung disease