Med terms
This suffix means inflammation
-itis
Hitting this nerve against the humerus bone causes a sharp, tingling shock down your arm
Funny bone
This is considered the normal, healthy baseline resting heart rate range for an adult.
60-100 bpm
Contrary to TV dramas, you should never use a defibrillator on a patient with this specific flatlined cardiac rhythm
asystole? (Defibrillators treat uncoordinated rhythms like V-Fib, not flatlines)
This 3-letter abbreviation stands for taking a medication "as needed."
PRN
The root word myo- refers to this tissue type.
Muscle
This vestigial, pouch-like organ in the lower right abdomen is famous for causing emergency surgeries when it becomes inflamed
appendix
In disaster triage, a patient with a "black tag" represents this status
deceased (or expectant)
TV shows often show doctors shoving a needle into a choking victim's throat; in reality, this abdominal thrust maneuver is the first line of defense.
Heimlich maneuver (or abdominal thrusts)
If a chart dictates a patient is "NPO," it means they cannot have this.
Nothing by mouth
If a physician performs an oophorectomy, they are surgically removing this organ.
ovaries
Humans are born with roughly 300 of these, but adults only have 206 due to fusion
bones
This device measures oxygen saturation in the blood using light wavelengths beamed through a fingertip
pulse oximeter
While movie characters wake up from these instantly with zero side effects, a traumatic brain injury causing prolonged unconsciousness is actually highly dangerous
coma (Accept: Concussion)
This legal document, abbreviated as HIPAA, protects patient privacy and data.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
This prefix means "slow," as seen in the term for a slow heart rate.
Brady
This muscular organ is the only one in the human body that can completely regenerate itself from just 25% of its original mass.
Liver
If a patient presents with a blood pressure reading of 190/120, they are experiencing this critical cardiovascular state
Hypertensive crisis (severe hypertension)
In a memorable episode of The Office, Michael Scott accidentally burns his foot on a George Foreman grill. Medically, this injury is classified as a first-degree burn, meaning the damage was strictly limited to this specific outermost layer of the human skin.
Epidermis
An order written as "PO BID" means the patient should take the medication this way and with this frequency
By mouth twice a day
Translate this exact condition using roots: Atherosclerosis.
hardening of the fatty plaques/arteries
This tiny, flap-like structure prevents you from accidentally inhaling your lunch into your trachea
Epiglottis
In severe trauma involving heavy extremity bleeding, emergency responders tightly wrap this specific medical device around a limb to completely stop the flow of blood and prevent life-threatening hemorrhagic shock.
Tourniquet
In a tense trauma room scene, doctors manage a patient with a severe rupture of this major vessel, which is the largest artery in the human body and carries oxygenated blood directly away from the heart.
Aorta
This diagnostic scan stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRI