Vocabulary
Another name for a rash or hives
What is Edema?
Remember trying to fold these up in EMT class, thank god this temperature management tool is a one time use per patient.
What is a Mylar Thermal Blanket?
Uh oh! There blood in the pleural space of lungs! Guess I have this condition...
What is Hemothorax?
BSI stands for this...
What is Body Substance Isolation?
Coarse popping or snoring noises.
What is rhonchi?
Never gonna call it a Pancreaticoduodenectomy. Instead ill call the removal of the pancreatic head, duodenum, gallbladder, and bile duct this name, named after the surgeon who devised the procedure
What is a Whipple?
Also called dying respirations, they are sporadic, irregular breaths usually seen just before respiratory arrest.
What are agonal respirations?
OW. This type of shock is done on an awake patient to correct an IRR Rhythm, done during the peak of the R wave in the QRS complex.
What is Synchronized Cardioversion (DOUBLE JEOPARDY)
Protects the emergency care provider from civil law suits.
What is the Good Samaritan Law.
Bright red, spurting blood.
What is arterial bleeding?
The patient medication that EMT’s can assist with during a severe asthma attack.
What is albuterol MDI?
Shouldn't have eaten that peanut! You now need Epi! which is a this agonist.
What is Beta-2?
Real specific injury in your femur that will require this device... Don't forget to check PMS before and after!
What is a traction splint?
While CHF means Congestive Heart Failure, CHD stands for this,
What is Coronary Heart Disease
Falls from ladders, bent steering wheels, a knife laying next to a patient, NEMSIS may ask about them in your charts
Question: What are mechanisms of injury?
That's the quadrant where you're likely to feel pain from appendicitis!
What is the RUQ?
The type of shock caused by loss of blood volume.
What is hypovolemic shock?
To treat this injury, do not replace organ(s), apply an occlusive dressing and bulky trauma dressings.
What is an evisceration?
That's what CT stands for in "CT Scan"
What is a computerized tomography scan?
The sound produced when there is edema or spasms of the lower airway.
What is wheezing?
Its one indicator to call for ALS, can be caused by a range of things ranging from a UTI, to just experiencing a seizure, or even bumping your head from a fall.
What is Altered Mental Status? (AMS)
When responding to an MVA, better take a look at the windshield! Look for this sign of head injury!
What is Spidering?
Get your ALS friend! Saline isn't always the best electrolyte replacement option, may want to start a IV with this solution
What is Lactated Ringers Solution?
Its the official term for an Armpit.
What is the Axilla?