Medical and Terminology
The prefix "gastro" refers to this area of the body.
What is the stomach or digestive system?
This is what CPR stands for.
What is cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
This bone is the strongest bone in your body.
What is the femur?
When a head or spine injury is suspected in a patient, it is important to do this.
What is stabilize c-spine and/or apply a c-collar?
Anaphylaxis and anaphylactic shock are triggered by this system in the body.
What is the immune system?
Alcohol is considered a depressant to this part of the body, often seen in DK patients.
What is the CNS?
This is how proper NPA size is measured on a patient.
What is from the tip of the patient's nose to the tip of the earlobe.
This is the largest artery in the human body.
What is the aorta?
After a tourniquet is applied to a patient, it is important to always remember this vital step.
What is write the time down?
When splinting a patient with possible fracture, it is important to assess this before and after the splint is put in place.
What is PMS- pulse, motor functions, and sensory function?
The prefix "oto-" refers to this part of the body.
What is the ear?
This is the resumption of sustained perfusing cardiac activity associated with significant respiratory effort after cardiac arrest.
What is ROSC (return of spontaneous circulation)?
This component of blood is a crucial part of clotting.
What are platelets?
"Raccoon eyes" and "battle's sign" are both types of bruising that can be a symptom of this traumatic injury?
What is a skull fracture?
This is the normal heart rate range for a 7 year old patient.
What is 75-118 bpm (when awake)?
This describes a seizure that lasts longer than 5 minutes, or having more than 1 seizure within a 5 minutes period, without returning to a normal level of consciousness between episodes.
What is status epilepticus?
This medicine can be administer by EMTs in the case of a patient with chest pain, and is carried by the Temple EMS crew.
What is aspirin?
The abdominal cavity is covered by this membrane.
What is the peritoneum (parietal or visceral)?
What is a "spiderweb" crack?
The acronym "BE FAST" is used to assesses symptoms of a possible stroke, and stands for this.
What is Balance, Eyes, Face, Arms, Speech, and Time?
These are the three types of vessels located in the umbilical cord.
What is one vein, which brings nutrients from the placenta to baby, and two arteries that bring waste back to the placenta?
Stage 2 hypertension is characterized by a blood pressure greater than this.
What is 160/100?
These are the three parts of the brainstem.
What are the the midbrain (mesencephalon), the pons (metencephalon), and the medulla oblongata (myelencephalon)?
These are the three categories (causes) of a pneumothorax.
What is trauma, primary spontaneous, and secondary spontaneous.
When triaging patients in the case of an MCI, a yellow tag is given to a patient with these conditions.
What is "30, 2, can do"?; patient has moderate to serious injury/illness that does NOT require immediate care; RR<30, Cap Refill<2, and can follow simple commands.