Circulatory System
These are the carriers of the bluish, oxygen-poor blood the heart pumps out.
What are the pulmonary arteries?
This is a term for heart pain, with or without the Pectoris.
What is angina?
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A feeling the patient has that their heart is beating rapidly, bounding, thumping, flip-flopping, fluttering, or skipping.
What are palpitations?
The first responder paying attention to clues such as the signs and symptoms, medical history, vital signs, OPQRST and SAMPLE, and following that up with a request for paramedics.
What is recognition and activation of the ALS system?
These carry red, oxygenated blood back to the heart.
What are Pulmonary Veins?
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What is infarction?
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This discomfort is the result of: reduced blood flow to the abdomen due to the heart's ineffectiveness, which leads to digestive difficulty, and fluid buildup in the abdomen resulting in bloating and a feeling of fullness, and sympathetic nervous system activation (fight or flight response), and side effects of heart medications.
What is nausea?
The first responder relying on training to adequately assess for pulse, patent airway, and breathing and then, without hesitation, follow that with proper form to deliver effective compressions and ventilations.
What is immediate high-quality CPR?
Suppliers of the heart's own blood that should not bleed.
What are the Coronary Arteries?
Another way to refer to that SOB.
What is dyspnea?
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This feeling may be brought on by physiological factors such as an inadequate amount of oxygen and nutrients reaching the brain due to an inefficient heart, and exacerbated by psychological factors such as the patient's judgments about their own state of dyspnea, fatigue and diaphoresis.
What is the feeling of impending doom?
The first responder using the AED as soon as possible to place pads and follow prompts on a pulseless, breathless, unconscious patient.
What is rapid defibrillation?
This can be superior or inferior, but it all comes back to your heart.
What is the Vena Cava?
This occurs when enough heart cells die and the heart becomes a weak pump, and fluid may back up in the lungs, legs, ankles and abdomen.
What is congestive heart failure?
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An abnormal and ineffective heartbeat resulting from sick or dying heart muscle cells being inflamed, which causes the heart to discharge electrical impulses at the wrong time and place.
What is dysrhythmia?
Rapid transport to the nearest emergency room by trained professionals who are providing pre-hospital treatment and care.
What is basic and advanced EMS?
These two have a similar ending but their beginnings are very different.
What are arterioles and venules?
Another way to say a muscle is not getting enough oxygen, and enough of this can lead to dead tissue.
What is ischemia?
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What is Quadball?
A medical term for a profusely damp skin condition that occurs when the heart fails to pump blood effectively, leading to compensatory mechanisms such as an overactive sympathetic nervous system, fluid retention in the body and reabsorption by the kidneys, and increased exertion as the heart beats harder to make up for its own inefficiency.
What is diaphoresis?
Treatment by specialists including emergency surgeries, advanced assistive devices, and ongoing evaluation and medicine.
What is advanced life support and post-arrest care?