ECG C5: Patient Assessment

Vital signs are ______ procedures that provide a ______ of a patient’s current health.

Noninvasive; Snapshot

A pulse oximeter measures ________ oxygen saturation and ________.

Arterial; Heart Rate

The pulse oxygen reading does not measure circulatory sufficiency or _______ issues.

Ventilation

Heart rate variability measures the _____ on a resting heart mediated by respiratory gating.

Load

When peripheral _______ is suspected, a carotid or abdominal ultrasound may be ordered.

Artery Disease

One ________ process consists of the heart at rest, followed by the heart contracting.

Cardiac Cycle

The resting stage of the heart is called _______ and the contracting stage is called _______.

Diastole, Systole

The change of _______ at which blood moves through the body is called blood pressure_______.

Force; Variance

Smaller blood passages caused by blockage cause both arterial pressure and blood pressure to:

Increase

_______ hypertension has no cure and no known cause, but _______ hypertension is usually caused by a medical condition and may be cured if the medical condition is resolved.

Primary; Secondary

A concern in using the ankle brachial index test is based on the lack of _______ with blood pressure recordings.

Standardization

Improper administration of the ABI test can be caused when the patient has an _______ pulse, which can cause an inaccurate reading of the _______ pressure.

Irregular; Systolic

The equipment needed to perform the ABI test includes: _________ wand, ultrasound gel, and a correctly fitting _________.

Doppler; Blood pressure cuff

To calculate the ABI for each leg, divide the _________ pressure in one ______ by the highest pressure in the arms.

Highest; Leg

In a normal jugular venous pressure, the JVP should _____ when a person exhales and ______ during inspiration.

Rise; Fall

Type ____ diabetics use insulin ineffectively. This condition is referred to as ___________.

2; insulin resistance

Lipoprotein cholesterol tests for cholesterol, protein, and _________, which is a type of ______, are all important blood tests used to assess heart health.

Triglycerides; Fat

Glycated hemoglobin blood tests measure weighted average plasma _______ concentration over extended periods of time.

Glucose

BNP is a brain hormone that is designed to protect the heart from ______ by ______ blood vessels.

Stress; Relaxing

An elevation of C-reactive protein (CRP) has been linked to atherosclerosis, blood clot formation, and ________.

Heart Disease

Patient interviews should allow the patient to offer input other than just answering yes or no. This technique is called _________.

Open Ended Questioning

Subjective information provided by the patient is not always _______ or ______, but should always be recorded as closely as stated by the respondent.

Accurate or realistic

In a nonemergency clinical setting, the ECG tech only records the ________ and _______ information in a medical record.

Subjective; Objective

The actual ECG test would be used as one tool in the _________ of a patient’s condition, from which the clinician can then design a ______ for treatment.

Assessment; Plan

SAMPLE assessment is often used in an ________ situation.

Emergency

Important drug information to obtain from the patient includes the _______ of medication taken. (3)

Amount, Frequency, Dosage

The last oral intake section in the SAMPLE assessment should include questions relating to the last _________ ingested. (3)

Food, Liquid, Medication

The OPQRST assessment is used to evaluate patient ______.

Pain

Quality in the OPQRST assessment refers to the _______ and ______ of pain.

Type; Duration

Pain severity is rated on a ______ of ________.

Scale; 1-10