ANATOMY
MOST DIGESTION OCCURS IN THIS ORGAN.
SMALL INTESTINE
WHAT MEDICAL TERM MEANS "BURSTING WITH BLOOD"?
HEMORRHAGE
THIS PROCEDURE PROVIDES LONG TERM, RELIABLE ACCESS TO LARGE VEINS FOR DELIVERING MEDICATIONS, FLUIDS, NUTRIENTS, & BLOOD TRANSFUSION.
CENTRAL LINE
LATIN WORDS THAT MEAN "AS NEEDED" WHEN REFERRING TO MEDS USED WHEN SPECIFIC SYMPTOMS OCCUR.
PRN (PRO RE NATA)
THIS IS A CHRONIC CONDITION WHERE THE BODY CANT PROPERLY REGULATE GLUCOSE.
DIABETES
NAME 3 TYPES OF MUSCLES FOUND IN THE BODY.
SMOOTH, SKELETAL, & CARDIAC.
LATIN WORD FOR "DIFFICULT BREATHING".
DYSPNEA
WHAT PROCEDURE IS DONE TO DRAIN AIR, BLOOD, OR FLUID FROM THE PLEURAL (BETWEEN THE LUNG & CHEST WALL)
CHEST TUBE PROCEDURE
THIS ABBREVIATION STAND FOR NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS LIKE IBUPROFEN & ASPIRIN.
NSAIDS
THIS HAPPENS WHEN BLOOD FLOW TO PART OF YOUR BRAIN IS CUT OFF EITHER BY A BLOCKAGE OR BLEED.
STROKE
WHAT ATTACHES MUSCLE TO BONE?
TENDONS
WHAT KIND OF SPECIALIST WOULD A PERSON WITH KIDNEY STONES NEED TO SEE?
NEPHROLOGIST
WHAT PROCEDURE WOULD A PATIENT NEED FOR A QUICK & SAFE CONTROL OF THE AIRWAY?
RAPID SEQUENCE INTUBATION
THE PROCESS OF A DRUG THAT TRANSFERRED FROM ITS SITE OF ENTRY INTO THE BLOODSTREAM.
ABSORPTION
THE MOST SEVERE TYPE OF HEART ATTACK THAT IS CAUSED BY COMPLETE BLOCKAGE IN THE CORONARY ARTERIES.
STEMI
WHAT MATERIAL IN THE BONE PRODUCES BLOOD CELLS?
RED BONE MARROW
WHAT DOES SEPTICEMIA MEAN?
INFECTION IN THE BLOOD
WHAT PROCEDURE WOULD A PATIENT WITH CARDIAC TAMPONADE NEED?
PERICARDIOCENTESIS
ATIVAN (LORAZEPAM) AND VALIUM (DIAZEPAM) BELONG TO THIS CLASS OF ANTI-ANXIETY MEDICATIONS.
BENZODIAZEPINES
WHAT DISEASE HAS YOUR IMMUNE SSYTEM MISTAKENLY ATTACKS YOUR OWN HEALTHY BODY TISSUE, LEADING TO INFLAMMATION AND DAMAGE.
AUTOIMMUNE
THIS FLUID IS MADE IN THE LIVER AND STORED IN THE GALL BLADDER TO HELP DIGEST LIPIDS.
BILE
WHAT IS THE ABNORMAL ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIVER CALLED?
HEPATOMEGALY
THIS PROCEDURE HELPS TO DIAGNOSE OR RULE OUT CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS SUCH AS MENINGITIS & ENCEPHALITIS.
LUMBAR PUNCTURE
ILLNESSES SUCH AS SCHIZOPHRENIA, BIPOLAR DISORDER, & SEVER DEPRESSION WITH PSYCHOTIC FEATURES ARE MANAGED WITH THIS THERAPEUTIC CLASS OF MEDICATIONS.
ANTIPSYCHOTICS
THE INVASION OF DISEASE-CAUSING MICROORGANISMS (PATHOGENS) LIKE BACTERIA THAT CAUSES SYMPTOMS LIKE FEVER, PAIN, OR SWELLING.
INFECTION