Vocabualry
Low blood sugar
What is hyopglycemia?
The normal resting heart rate in adults (range)
What is 60-100 bpm?
This word is the medical term for "difficulty breathing."
What is dyspnea?
This emergency is characterized by abnormal electrical activity in the brain, and is most commonly caused by a condition called epilepsy.
What is a seizure?
This airway maneuver is used to open the airway in a trauma patient when spinal injury is suspected.
What is the jaw thrust maneuver?
High blood pressure
What is hypertension?
The umbrella term for both 1) Myocardial infarction (heart attack) and 2) Angina Pectoris (chest pain)
What is acute coronary syndrome?
What are alveoli?
This acronym demonstrates what normal pupils look like.
PERRL (pupils equal, round, reactive to light)
Before administering this cardiac medication, EMTs must ensure the patient’s systolic blood pressure is at least 100 mmHg and that they haven’t taken erectile dysfunction medication within 24–48 hours.
What is nitroglycerin?
Fast heart rate
What is tachycardia?
The largest artery in your body, which travels from your heart down through the chest and abdominal cavity.
What is the aorta?
This emergent condition is may produce symptoms like wheezing, dyspnea, tripod positioning, and low oxygen saturation.
What is bronchospasm?
A normal person should be oriented to these four things.
Person, place, time, and events.
Characterized by rapid and irregular breathing, hypertension, and bradycardia, this "triad" indicates rising intracranial pressure and impending brain stem herniation.
What is cushing's triad?
The medical term for bruise
What is a contusion?
This condition happens when a coronary artery is either partially or completely blocked, leading to cardiac tissue ischemia and death
What is a myocardial infarction (MI)?
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is an umbrella term for these two main diseases.
Emphysema and chronic bronchitis
This condition involves a blood clot lodging in a blood vessel in the brain, causing tissue ischemia and death.
What is a CVA (stroke)?
Pain from this acute abdominal condition often begins around the umbilicus (bellybutton) and later shifts to the right lower quadrant as the infection progresses.
What is appendicitis?
Nosebleed
What is epistaxis?
This chamber is the workhorse of your heart, and sends blood through the aorta with its forceful contractions.
What is the left ventricle?
The amount of air moved by one person's lungs in one breath is known as this.
What is tidal volume?
This condition, caused by bleeding beneath the dura mater, often results from venous injury and may produce symptoms hours or days after head trauma.
What is a subdural hematoma?
In this rapid-onset emergency, widespread vasodilation and leaky capillaries cause hypotension and airway swelling. EMTs treat this condition with a medication that simulates adrenaline, which counteracts these symptoms.
What is anaphylaxis?