Catch your breath
What is the term for not enough o2
Hypoxia
Term for birth in which the babys bottom or legs are present first during delivery.
Breech
A floating section of ribs moving independently of the thoracic cage
Flail Chest
Where is your foramen magnum
in the most inferior portion of the cranial fossa. AKA base of the skull :)
Name three types of shock
Term for difficulty breathing
Dyspnea
Term for high blood pressure in pregnancy
Preeclampsia
The fracture of what area has the potential to hide the most blood
Pelvic ring
How do you positon a pt with epistaxis
Fowlers or high fowlers
The 3 types of energy assoicated with injury. Name at least two!
Potential energy
Kinetic energy
Energy of work
The hollow sacs in the lungs where respiration take place are called
Alveoli
When the umbilical cord is wrapped around the fetus's neck
Nuchal cord
A bruised heart is called
Myocardial Contusion
If a pt says they have anisocoria what would you expect to find?
Unequal pupil size
Status Epilepticus is defined by
seizures lasting longer than 5 minutes or consecutive without a return to consciousness
The name for rapid deep breathing associated with diabetic ketoacidosis
kussmaul respirations
A term that sounds like a Harry Potter spell and means the placenta partcially or fully seperates from the uterous wall before delevery
Abroupto Placenta
Commotio Cordis is this
a dysrhythmia caused by a sudden impact to the heart
Aphasia, dysarthria and hemiplegia are most often seen in pts expaincing this medical condition
What is a CVA or stroke
For people younger than age 44 years, what is the leading cause of death
Traumtic injuries
Biot respirations are
irregular pattern with periods of apnea due to ICP
A technic that can slow the bleeding of a mother after childbirth
Fundal massage
What you do for a sucking chest wound
Cover it with occlusive dressing. Leaving 1 side unsealed.
Cystitis is the medical term for
What is a bladder infection
What is occuring when your BP trends up, HR trends down and you have irreglaur resperations following a head injury
increasing ICP (intra-cranial pressure)