Medical Terminology
Position Terms
Prefix
Consent
Shock
100

Nephropathy

What is disease of the kidney?
100

Face down on the ground

What is prone?

100

Ab-

What is "away from"?

100

Under 18 years of age with no parent/guardian figure present.

What is implied consent?

100
  • Fever 
  • Confusion
  • Anxiety
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Fatigue and malaise
  • Nausea and vomiting

What is Septic shock?

200

Hepatomegaly

What is enlargement of the liver?

200

Laying on the back

Supine

200

Endo-

What is "within"?

200

Initially refusing, but changes mind after hearing potential consequences.

What is informed consent?
200
  • anxiety and restlessness.
  • narrow pulse pressure.
  • weakness.
  • chest pain radiating to your neck, shoulders, or back.
  • trouble breathing or taking deep breaths.
  • rapid breathing.
  • discomfort that's relieved by sitting or leaning forward.
  • fainting, dizziness, and loss of consciousness.

What is cardiac tamponade?

300

Hematemesis

What is vomiting blood?

300

Front surface of the body

What is anterior/ventral?
300

Ipsi-

What is the "same"?

300

The patient nods when asked if she would like to be transported to the hospital.

What is expressed consent?

300
  • difficulty breathing.
  • chest pain.
  • weakness from irregular blood circulation.
  • bradycardia, or a slower heart rhythm.
  • faint pulse.
  • cyanosis, or discolored lips and fingers.
  • hypothermia, or decreased body temperature.

What is neurogenic shock?

400

Erythrocyte

What is red blood cell?

400

Closer to the head

What is Superior?

400

Ambi-

What is "both"?

400

The patient is having a pyschological break through and states they wish to harm themselves/others.

What Involuntary Consent?

400

Your patient was deadlifting in the gym when they passed out.  The heart rate is elevated, blood pressure is 98/50, and skin is cool/clammy/pale.

What is Psychogenic shock?

500

Leukocyte

What is white blood cell?

500

Seated position on the stretcher semi-upright 45-60 degrees.

What is Fowler's position?

500

Ecto-

What is "out"?

500
A Paramedic on a quick response vehicle has started an I.V. on a patient and administered Dextrose 10%, but has to go to another call.  The Paramedic relinquishes care to you.

What is abandonment?

500

direct result of the entrance of a specific foreign material into the bloodstream of a person whose body has become sensitized against it as a result of previous exposure and subsequent formation of antibodies.

What is anaphylactic shock?

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