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First contact for a patient w/ basic health concerns & routine checks up+physicals.
Primary Care Physician
Medical Student
Someone who is in school to became a medical doctor
Nurse
Licensed. Skilled in maintaining health.
Non-physician practitioner
Someone who practices under a medical doctor, such as a nurse practitioner or physicians assistant.
Medical Assistant
Unlicensed care giver who works in a Doctors office.
Medical Technicians
Uses equipment to do a very specific job such as drawing blood (phlebotomist) or analyzing tissue samples ( histologist)
Other specialists
Genetic Counselor, Cardiologist, psychiatrist.
patient liaison
An in between for patients & their families & doctors/hospital, helps work out conflicts & address concerns.
Medical History
Record of past & current health (habits, lifestyle & family history of illness)
Chief Complaint
The patients description of what they feel is their main health problem.
Physical signs
Observable signs of illness (rash, coughing, or fever)
Symptoms
Any subjective evidence of disease.
Pulse
Beats per min
Respiratory Rate
Breaths per min
Blood Pressure
Force of blood moving through vessels
Body Mass index
Body fat ratio (weight to height ratio)
Lung/Breath Sounds
Sounds & Clarity of the breath
Oxygen Saturation
Oxygen in the blood
Body Temperature
Degree of body heat
Stethoscope
Purpose: Lung/breath sounds & heart beat
Pulse Oximeter
Purpose: Blood oxygen
At what temperature is a fever considered a concern?
100 F and above
What 2 locations & which arteries can a medical professional use to determine a patient’s heart rate?
On neck (carotid pulse) or on wrist ( radial pulse)
Which organs are the most immediately affected by low Sp0 2
The Brain & Heart because they are the most sensitive.