| Term | Definition |
|---|
| universal precausions | provide blood and fluid protection against all persons regardless of their presumed infection status |
| standard precaustions apply to | blood all body fluids secretions and excretions nonintact skin mucous membranes |
| latex irriant contact dermatitis | chemical irritation that does not invole the immune system |
| type iv dermatitis | allergic contact dermatitis that involves the immine system |
| type 1 systemic dermatitis | true allergic reatction caused by protiens |
| dorsal recumbent used for what | examine the genital or rectal area feet flat on table knees bent |
| lateral recombent left side down may be used to | listen to heart sounds |
| lithotomy position | used for pelvic exams female |
| sims | used for rectal temps |
| palmer surface of hand is used for what | used when ever discriminatory touch is needed for determining position texture size consistency masses fluid and crepitus |
| ulnar surface of the hand and fingers is | best for vibrations |
| dorsal surface is best for | determing temp |
| tympanic tones are | loud high pitch drum like and with moderate duration |
| hyperresonant tones | vert loud low potch long duration and bool like bad lungs |
| resonant tones | loud low pitch long duration hollow sound healthy |
| dull tones | soft to moderate pitch is moderate to high moderate duration thud like liver |
| flat tones | soft high pitch short duration very dull quality herd over muscle |
| immediate direct percussion involves | striking fingers or hand directly against the body |
| adult measurments for bp cuff | one third to one half the circumference of limb and length should be twice the width |
| childrens bp covers how much | 2/3 of arm or thigh |
| steth diaphram around what | 300 and for high pitched sounds 2 nd heart beat |
| the bell is used for | low pitch when light pressure is used |
| steth tube to minimize destorction how long | 12 to 18 in |
| opthalmoscope | system of lenses and mirrors that enables visualation of the interior structures of the eye |
| minus and plus on opthmolic scope | minus is red and plus is black 20 - 140 ranges |
| snellen alphabet chart | used for screening english speaking distance of 20 feet |
| tumbling e chart | used for children and people who cant read |
| hvot chart | matching chart |
| lh symbols chart | for children deals with shapes |
| broken wheel chart | deals with pairs of cards child identifys card with the broken wheels |
| amsler grid | used to screen for macular degeneration |
| amsler grid is held how far | 10 degrees off center |
| otoscope | examine external auditory canal and tm |
| tympanometry is a | simple reliable and objective was of assessing the function of the ossicular chain, eustachian tube, and tympanic membrane |
| typanometer deals with | sound waves in the ear |
| auditory evualation of tunning fork is what | 500 to 1000 |
| lower tuned forks are | can be felt as vibrations as well as be herd 100 to 400 |
| grave speculum is what size | blades are curved with space between them longer blade on bottom for the longer posterior vaginal wall |
| pedersons speculum have | narrower and flater then graves used for small vaginal openings |
| monofilament bends at what amount of pressure | 10 g |
| food does what 3 thing s for body | provides energy provides for the building and maintenance of body tissue regulates body processes |
| maconutrens are | carbs protien and fat |
| carbs in liver | sparing the use of protien for energy |
| carbs in heart | glycogen stored in cardiac muscle |
| carbs in cns | only energy source to brain |
| carbs should be about what percent of calories | 50% |
| 3 major functions of protien | building and maintaining tissue regulating internal water and acid base balance acting as a precursor for enzymes antibodies and several hormones |
| protein intake | 14 to 20 % |
| fat intake | 25 to 35 % |
| vitamin k and biotin is produced | in intestinal mocroorganisms |
| vitamin d is | synthesized by cholestrol |
| niacin is synthesized by | trypothpan |
| vitamin k biotin vitamin d and niacin | are the only micromutrients produced by the body |
| human body is how much water | 55% to 65% |
| your body losses how much water a day | 2 to 2.5 liters |
| resting energy contrubutes to what | the largest portion of total energy expenditure in body |
| thermogenesis contributes to what percent of energy | 7% |
| normal bmi is between | 18.5 and 24.9 |
| calculating bmi how | weight in pounds over height squared x703 or weight in pounds x 703 widided by height height |
| 24 hr recal is what | quickest and most simle method of obtaining a food intake history |
| a food diary is what | most accurate and the most time consuming method for pt and provider |
| thiamin vitamin b 1 | coenzymes for breakdown of glucose for energy helps woth nerves digestion appetite good mental outlook and stomatitis |
| riboflavin b 2 | coenzymes for protein and glucose metabolism synthesis fatty acid healthy skin normal vision in bright light |
| vitamin b 12 | formation of mature red blood cells synthesis of dna and rna requires intensic factor from stomach |
| calcium is what percent in bones | 99 |
| phosphorus what percent in bones | 80 -90 % |
| magnesium what percent in bones | 60% |
| fiber intake | 25-30% |
| hdl ranges | greater the 40 |
| ldl ranges les then | 130 |
| exogenous obisity | there are more fat cells mainly found in women and children |
| endogenous obesity | fat cells are enlarged more likely in men high rish of heart disease blood pressure and stroke |
| anorexia weight loss | weight loss of 85 % |
| bulimia is characterized by what | binge and purge eating 85% |
| total cholesterol | 200 or higher |
| pain is relayed through the spinal cord how | through spinothalamic and spinoretucular path ways |
| wong/baker and oucher scale are | pain scales used for children |
| grooming indicates | depression psychiatris disturbance dimentia |
| slumped posture or lack of eye contact | parkinsons or dipression |
| signs of cpgnative abilities lost are | significant memory loss confusion impaired communication inapropriate affect personal care difficultes |
| lack of analogies could indicate | leasion on left or dominate side of brain |
| math issues could be related to | diffuse brain disease |
| writing ability | dementia parietal lobe damage cerebellar lesion and peripheral neuropahy |
| voice quality can be related to | laryngeal or disease of the larynx |
| ceberallar dysarthria is associated with | m m |
| dysarthria is | a defect in articulation |
| g c scale eye opening | 1-4 |
| g c scale verbal | 1-5 |
| g c scale motor | 1-6 |
| decorticate corticospinal tracts above the brain stem | rigid flexion upper arms held tight to sides of body feet plantar flexed fine tremors or intense stiffness |
| decerebrate brainstem | jaw clinched rigid extension of everything |
| hemiplegia corticospinal tract | unileteral flaccidity or spasticity volantay movement of un affected side |
| apraxia | loss of ability ro carry out familiar purposeful movements in the absence of paralysis or other motor sensory skills |
| agnosia | inability to rechognize objects by use of senses |
| delirium | an acute reversible organic mental syndrome characterized by inability to maintain attention to external stimuli diagnosed by rambling irrelevant or incoherent speech |
| confusion | disturbed orientation in regard to time |
| lathargy | drowsy falls asleep quickly but respons quickly |
| delusional | false beleifs that is firmly maintained in spite of proff |
| compulsion | a persistent and irrestible impulse |
| obsession | recurrent persistent thought image or impulse that is unwanted |
| neologism | newly coined word for a person who ising it and may be realted to his conflicts for schizzle |
| confabulation | unconscious filling in of saps memory with fabricated facts seen in amnesic syndromes |
| aphasia | difect or loss of power of epression by speech writting or signs or of comprehending spoken or written language due to injury of disease of the brain |
| dysphasia | impairment of speech consisting in lack of coordination and failure to arrange words in their proper order due to a central lesion |
| aphonia | loss of voice |
| hypophonia | defective speech due to lack of phonation and resulting in whispering |
| dysphonia | any inpairment of voice a difficulty in speaking volume quality pitch |
| affect | the outward observable manifestation of a persons expressed feelings or emotions |
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