Medical Terminology
The medical term used to describe a heart rate below 60 beats per minute.
What is bradycardia?
You may be able to inspect and palpate this device on a patient's chest wall if they previously had symptomatic bradycardia or atrioventricular heart blocks.
What is a pacemaker?
This class of medication is typically used to remove excess fluid from the body.
What is a diuretic?
This occurs due to fluid accumulating in the pleural space.
What is a pleural effusion?
Patients with a neurogenic bladder often have this medical device insitu.
What is a foley catheter?
The medical term for tissue death.
What is necrosis?
PERRLA stands for this.
What is pupils are equal, round, reactive to light, and accomodation.
This class of medication is typically used for heart rate control in those with atrial fibrillation by blocking β1 receptors in the heart.
What is a beta-blocker?
This condition is typically caused by a deep vein thrombosis breaking off and travelling to the lungs.
What is a pulmonary embolism?
This device can be inserted for enteral nutrition, decompression, and medication administration.
What is a nasogastric tube?
The medical term used to describe paralysis on one side of the body.
What is hemiplegia?
This device may be insitu on a patient's upper extremity and is used to deliver fluids and medications parenterally.
What is a peripheral vascular access device?
This class of medication is used to prevent or treat active blood clots.
What is an anticoagulant?
The diagnosis refers to the heart's inability to pump effectively, leading to inadequate tissue perfusion.
What is congestive heart failure?
The principle of this skill is often referred to as "clean to dirty".
What is wound care?
The medical term used to describe the sensation of "pins and needles".
What is paresthesia?
These devices may be on a patient's bilateral lower extremities to assist with deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis in those who are unable to take anticoagulant medications.
What are sequential compression devices?
This class of medications carry the risk of constipation and respiratory depression.
What are opioids?
Prolonged immobility, being post-operative, smoking, cancer, and pregnancy all increase the risk of a patient developing this.
What is deep vein thrombosis?
This device can be used to locate pulses that cannot be manually palpated.
What is a doppler?
This medical term is interchangeable with coronary artery disease and refers to the build up of plaque in the arteries.
What is atherosclerosis?
Patients with liver disease or failure may present with this colour to the skin or sclera.
What is jaundice?
This medication is commonly used in patients with hepatic encephalopathy to assist with the excretion of ammonia through stool.
What is lactulose?
This diagnosis can be caused by low albumin levels which leads to fluid accumulation in the peritoneum.
What is ascities?
This refers to a drop in blood pressure due to positional changes.