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- SAMPLE history
- signs and symptoms allergies medications pertinent past history last oral intake events leading to the injury or illness
- baseline vitals
- skin temp and condition capillary refill pupullary reaction level of consciousness
- OPRST getting patient history
- on set: what caused it? provocation or palliation: does anything make it feel better or worse? region/radiation: where does it hurt? is it moving? severity: scale of 1-10 timing: is the pain constant or does it come and go?
- RUQ
- gallbladder liver
- RLQ
- lliac crest cecum appendix
- LUQ
- stomach costal arch spleen
- LLQ
- colon lnguinal ligament small intestine
- Spinal column
- cervical 7 thoracic spine 12 lumbar 5 sacrum 5 coccyx 4
- voluntary muscles vs. voluntary muscles
- ribbed vs. smooth
- Respiratory system
- nose, mouth, throat, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles
- left and right lungs
- left side has 3 pockets right side has only two
- respiration rates adults childern infants
- adults : 12-20 breaths/min children: 15-30 breaths/min infants: 25-50 breaths/min
- normal heart rates adult children infants
- adults 60-100 beats/min children 70-150 beats/min infants 100-160 beats/min
- heart rate of an older person
- 80-100 beats/min
- Lateral/ Medial
- toward the outside/ toward the inside
- superior/ inferior
- closer to the head/ farther from the head
- Proximal/ Distal
- closer to midline/ farther from the midline
- dorsal/ ventral
- toward the spine/ toward the superficial abdomen
- midline
- referring to a line drawn through nose and umbilicus
- midclavicular
- referring to the middle of the clavicle, parallel to the midline
- midaxillary
- referring to the middle of the armpit, parallel to the midline
- taking pulses
- older than 1: radial pulse unresponsive older than one: carotid pulse infants: brachial pulse
- abnormal pulses:
- greater than 100 beats/min - tachycardia less than 60 beats/min - bradycardia
- abnormal blood pressure
- bp lower than normal is hypotension bp higher than normal is hypertension
- noral blood pressures
- adults 90-140 systolic children: 80-110 infants 50-95
- AVPU level on consciousness
- a:awake and alert V: responsive to verbal stimuli P: responsive to pain U: unresponsive
- PEARRL for assessing pupils
- Pupils equal and round regular in size react to light
- how often you look at vital signs
- every 15 min for stable patient every 5 min in an unstable patient