Respiratory
This condition is characterized by narrowing of the lower airways, wheezing, prolonged expiration, and difficulty breathing.
What is Asthma?
This term describes the force exerted by circulating blood against the walls of the arteries.
This term describes an injury in which the skin remains intact but underlying tissues are damaged by a force
What is a Closed Injury?
Life-threatening reaction involves multiple body systems and may cause airway swelling, respiratory distress, and shock
This condition occurs when the body's tissues do not receive enough oxygen to meet metabolic demands, potentially resulting from inadequate oxygenation or circulation.
What is Hypoxia?
This life-threatening condition occurs when the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body's metabolic requirements, resulting in inadequate tissue perfusion.
What is cardiogenic shock?
This term describes the way in which traumatic forces are transferred to the body and the resulting potential injuries
What is Mechanism of Injury (MOI)?
What term describes a temporary in and out of loss of consciousness caused by inadequate blood flow to the brain?
What is syncope?
This disease involves chronic inflammation and mucus hypersecretion of the bronchi, resulting in a persistent productive cough.
What is Chronic bronchitis?
This is the amount of blood pumped by the heart in one minute and is determined by multiplying heart rate by stroke volume.
What is cardiac output?
Multiple adjacent ribs are fractured in multiple places, creating a segment of the chest wall that moves independently.
What is flail chest?
Type of shock occurs when blood vessels become excessively dilated, causing blood to pool and reducing effective circulating volume
What is distributive shock?
Persistent cough + night sweats + weight loss + fever&chills + airborne transmission.
What is Tuberculosis?
This condition occurs when fluid or blood accumulates in the pericardial sac and compresses the heart, preventing adequate filling
What is cardiac tamponade?
What layers of the skin are burned in a full thickness burn?
What is epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue?
This neurological emergency occurs when prolonged or repeated seizures prevent the patient from returning to their normal level of consciousness.
What is status epilepticus?
This disease causes destruction of the alveolar walls and decreases the surface area available for gas exchange.
What is Emphysema?
This condition involves narrowing of the coronary arteries caused by the buildup of cholesterol-rich plaque within the arterial walls
What is Atherosclerosis?
A 24-year-old patient is involved in a high-speed MVC. They were unrestrained and struck the steering wheel. They have abdominal tenderness and rigidity, pale and cool skin, tachycardia, and decreasing blood pressure. There is no significant external bleeding. What type of injury should you suspect, and what complication is developing (shock)?
What is Blunt abdominal trauma with internal hemorrhage causing hypovolemic/hemorrhagic shock.
A sudden swelling beneath the skin and mucous membranes, most often affecting the lips, eyelids, tongue, throat, hands, or feet
What is Angioedema?