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Critical Thinking
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Clinical Judgement |
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Critical thinking is the thought process used to ANALYZE and EVALUATE
Clinical judgement- Using your knowledge and experience to make critical decisions |
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Active listening
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Reflection |
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Active listening: responding to pt's statement to show you under stand. ( u are "actively engaged in the convo)
Reflection is just repeating your patients words |
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Orthopnea
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Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea |
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Orthopnea- difficulty breathing while supine
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea- sudden onset of shortness of breath at night |
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menorrhagia
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Dysmenorrhea
(what is the prefix "men/o stands for?) |
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Definition
Men or Meno - start thinking Va Jay Jay---- menstration
Menorrhagia - excessive bleeding
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Dysmenorrhea- painful, or difficult menstration |
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otorrhea- discharge from the ears ( kinda like diarrhea of the ears?)
Tinnitus is just ringing in the ears. |
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Decorticate
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Decerebrate
(what are both involved with...when would u see this?) |
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During AVPU, if there unresponsive, u try to get them to respond with painful stimuli right? well these terms are both NON-purposeful reactions...serious brain injury
Decorticate- arms flexed, legs extended
Decerebrate- arms and legs extened |
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Potassium abbrevaiton
A) Kl B) K C) K+ D) Ka E) Kl+ |
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Definition
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| Who developed the Trauma Care System, and what year? |
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Definition
| American college of surgeons in 1990 |
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| what 2 trauma centers will stabilize and prepare seriously injured trauma patients for transport to higher level facility? what is the little difference between them |
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Definition
Level III - some surgical capability, but usually transfer
Level IV (lowest level) - small community |
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Term
Kinetic energy- double the mass and you will _______ its kinetic energy, Triple the mass and you will ______ the energy
Velocity is different as it has a ______ relation ship with the object. |
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Definition
mass is 1:1 (multiplied by the increase) double the mass, double the energy, triple the mass, triple the energy
Velocity has a squared relationship, so double the speed, and X the energy by 4. triple the speed, X it by 9 |
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Another name (abbreviation) for air bags
How do they work, or what do they do. |
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Definition
SRS - supplemental restraint system
Inflate explosively, producing cushion and adsorbing kinetic energy. |
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| Up an over typically causes...( the main thing) |
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Definition
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| a person with a femur fracture, a hip-dislocation, and paper bag syndrome......most likely had a _______and______ impact. |
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Definition
| Down and under impact. causes pneumothorax and pulmonary contusions. |
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| Rear end collision- generally safe except for the _______and_______ (body parts/regions) |
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Definition
Head and Neck.... head snaps forward (flexion) and then snaps back POW!, CHA!, Bam! (extension) thats why
Rear end impact- hyperextension...and then a fat insurance check |
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| Helmets reduce severity of a head injury by _____ % |
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Definition
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| Underwater detonation increases explosion X _____? |
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Definition
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| Which type, solid or hollow, suffers more damage/more serious injury from projectiles? |
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Definition
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describe the 3 Blast injury Phases--
Primary-
Secondary-
Tertiary- |
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Definition
Primary is damage by the heat of explosion, pressure wave
Secondary- Projectiles, actual objects
Tertiary- Caused by personnel displacement (thrown against walls) and *structural collapse |
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Crush Injuries cause the blood to be...acidic or basic
and also cause? |
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Definition
Acidic blood and the pressure preventing blood flow causes *anaerobic metabolism*
Crush Injury=anaerobic metabolism |
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Definition
Profile is the size and shape as it contacts the body
Cavitation is the skin/tissue moving upwards/outwards and creates a cavity |
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