Module 4

All of the information you gather about the patient’s current and previous medical conditions is referred to as the patient’s:

• chief complaint

• health experience

• medical history

• state of health

What is the difference between a sign and a symptom?

• A sign is observed, and a symptom is felt or experienced.

• A symptom is observed by the EMR and a sign is observed by the patient.

• A symptom is observed, and a sign is felt or experienced.

• Signs and symptoms are the same thing.

Which of the following would be considered a symptom?

• Blood pressure

• Pupil reaction

• Headache

• Bruising

Your patient states that she feels nauseated. She is describing a:

• symptom

• sign

• diagnosis

• suspicion

When evaluating the severity of a patient’s pain, it is evaluated on a scale of:

• A to Z.

• Best to worst.

• 0 to 100.

• 1 to 10.

When determining whether a patient is stable or unstable, it helps to compare vital signs taken after interventions to the ________ set.

• standard

• typical

• baseline

• average

The main medical complaint as described by the patient.

• Chief Complaint

• Carotid Artery

• Blood Pressure

• Radial

• Brachial Artery

The delivery of oxygenated blood to the cells and tissues.

• Perfusion

• Carotid Artery

• Blood Pressure

• Chief Complaint

• Brachial Artery

Location where pulse should be taken on an infant under 12 months.

• Chief Complaint

• Carotid Artery

• Brachial Artery

• Radial

• Blood Pressure

The measurement of the pressure against the walls of the arteries.

• Brachial Artery

• Chief Complaint

• Blood Pressure

• Carotid Artery

• Radial