Week 7 System Based Assessment and Health History Flashcards
Standards are to protect the public from harm and improve the quality of health
(NSQHS) National Safety and Quality Health Service
Subjective evidence of disease or physical disturbance. broadly : something that indicates the presence of bodily disorder
Symptoms
A simple assessment scale to access the conscious level of residents
AVPU Alert, Voice, Pain, Unresponsive
What does PERLA mean?
Pupils are equal, round and reactive to light and accommodation
Build-up of fluid in the body which causes the affected tissue to become swollen
Oedema
How far you can move or stretch a part of your body, such as a joint or a muscle
Range of Movement
Excessive sweating due to a secondary condition
Diaphoretic
Test that examines a sample of your body’s tissues to give more information about health.
Pathology tests
Technique and process of imaging the interior of a body for clinical analysis and medical intervention, as well as visual representation of the function of some organs or tissues
Medical imaging
In-depth inquiry into the patient’s medical issues which includes all diseases and illnesses current
Procedure History
A condition that occurs when a blood clot forms in a vein
(VTE) Venous thromboembolism
Pink or red itchy rashes, that may appear as blotches or raised red lumps (wheals), on the skin
Urticaria (Hives)
Information about disorders of direct blood relatives of the patient
Family Medical History
Pertaining to the influence of social factors on an individual’s mind or behavior, and to the interrelation of behavioral and social factors
Psychosocial
Contact with a potentially harmful physical, chemical, or biological agent as a result of one’s work
Occupational exposure
Precautions are used when standard precautions alone are not sufficient to prevent the spread of an infectious agent
Transmission based precautions
Test is used to measure and evaluate all the clotting factors of the intrinsic and common pathways of the clotting cascade
APTT
Glucose or sugar in the urine.
Glycosuria
AVPU is part of the assessment for which body system?
Neurological
Symptoms are classified as subjective data because they?
Are detectable only by the person affected
Systems based assessment is typically conducted in what order?
Head to toe
Which of the following techniques is always done first regardless of which body system is being assessed?
Inspection
The sequence of physical assessment in children differs from that of adults because it proceeds?
Least invasive or uncomfortable to the more invasive
Auscultation is a physical assessment technique that uses?
listening to sounds produced by the body
