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ScribeAmerica Emergency Room Final Exam with Questions and Answers Appendicitis ANSWER Abdominal Pain Red Flag: RLQ Pain Cholecystitis ANSWER Abdominal Pain Red Flag: RUQ Pain Diverticulitis ANSWER Abdominal Pain Red Flag: LLQ Pain Pancreatitis ANSWER Abdominal Pain Red Flag: LUQ Pain Appendicitis, Cholecystitis, Diverticulitis ANSWER Abdominal Pain Red Flag: Fever GI bleed ANSWER Abdominal Pain Red Flag: Blood in vomit or stool GI bleed ANSWER Abdominal Pain R...

ScribeAmerica Emergency Room Entrance Test with Questions and Answers syncope ANSWER "Passing out", loss of consciousness or fainting tachycardia ANSWER Fast heart rate (HR greater than 100bpm) tachypnea ANSWER Increased breathing rate Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) ANSWER Minor stroke; where neurological function is regained quickly with time vein ANSWER Blood vessel carrying blood towards the heart vertigo ANSWER Condition of dizziness, "room spinning" wheezing ANSWER H...

ScribeAmerica Final Exam Review Emergency department Course 136 Questions and Answers Three types of laboratory Studies ANSWER Blood, Urine and Cultures Complete Blood Count (CBC) components ANSWER White Blood Cells(WBC), Hemoglobin(Hgb), Hematocrit (Hct), Platelets (Plt) Significance of high WBC ANSWER Infection Significance of low Hgb and Hct ANSWER Anemia Significance of low Plt ANSWER Prone to bleeding CBC with Differential Components ANSWER Complete Blood Count (CBC), Band...

ScribeAmerica Medical Terminology for Emergency Medicine Exam with Questions and Answers Afebrile ANSWER Without fever Ambulatory ANSWER Able to move about, not confined to a bed Auscultation ANSWER Listening with the stethoscope Baseline ANSWER The normal state of being for each specific patient Differential Diagnosis ANSWER The diseases that a physician is considering as the reason for the patient's symptoms Febrile ANSWER Elevated body temperature, fever, indicative of infe...

ScribeAmerica Emergency Department Training Exam with Questions and Answers STEMI pts need to get to cath-lab within 90 minutes of arrival. Document the arrival/departure times. MI Diagnosis ANSWER EKG (STEMI) or elevated Troponin (non-STEMI) CHF Etiology ANSWER The heart becomes enlarged, inefficient, and congested with excess fluid CHF catch phrase ANSWER SOB with pedal edema and orthopnea CHF Chief Complaint ANSWER SOB -worse with lying flat (orthopnea) -dyspnea on exertion (...

ScribeAmerica Course 5: Emergency Department Course Exam with Questions and Answers Types of CT ANSWER IV contrast, PO contrast, KUB CT w/ IV contrast r/o ANSWER Anything CV: PE, AAA, CVA, but not DVT (initially) CT w/ PO contrast r/o ANSWER Anything GI: diverticulitis, but not SBO (initially) Joint injury ANSWER Splint application Laceration ANSWER Laceration repair Abscess ANSWER I&D Joint effusion ANSWER Arthrocentesis Dislocation ANSWER Joint reduction Headache, fe...

A patient is seen in the emergency department complaining of dysuria and tells you that she is 23 weeks pregnant. Your doctor diagnoses her with a UTI. Which of the following would be the best diagnosis? - Answer-acute urinary tract infection in pregnancy, 2nd trimester A patient cut his left foot on a piece of glass two hours ago and is seen in the emergency department to have sutures placed. The doctor tells you there is no tendon injury and circulatory, sensory and motor is intact. What ...

Chief Complaint correct answers the main reason for the pt's ED visit pain vs tenderness correct answers pt's feelings (subjective) vs physician's assessment (objective) distress correct answers the doctor's judgement of discomfort baseline correct answers an individual's normal state of being What CAN scribes do? correct answers -Document Hx, PE, results, procedures, and physician consults -Access and document lab results and radiology findings -Locate and obtains PMHx, previ...

AAA correct answers Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm A Fib correct answers Atrial Fibrillation Abd correct answers Abdomen, Abdominal Abx correct answers Antibiotics AMA correct answers Against Medical Advice AMS correct answers Altered Mental Status ASA correct answers Acetylsalicylic Acid (Aspirin) BID correct answers Twice Daily Bilat LE correct answers Bilateral Lower Extremities BM correct answers Bowel Movement BP correct answers Blood Pressure CA correct answers ...