Circulatory System
The large blood vessels that deliver oxygenated blood to the body
Arteries
Controlling bleeding by pushing gauze into a deep injury
Wound packing
This device is placed in the nose to keep air passages open
Nasopharyngeal airway
The medical term for chest pain
Angina
The type of sugar found in the bloodstream
Glucose
The liquid component of blood
Plasma
Abrasion
Gasping, infrequent breaths that are not enough to support life
Agonal respirations
The medical term when the heart is weakened, causing fluid to back up in the body
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
In a FAST exam, the F stands for:
Facial droop
The term for feeling the blood moving through arteries with each heart beat
Pulse
Standard BLS treatment for shock includes oxygen, positioning, and _________________.
Keeping warm or avoiding heat loss.
Term when air builds up in the space between the lung and the chest wall, compressing the lung
Pneumothorax
This is the term for deposits built up in the arteries
Atherosclerosis
The normal oxygen percentage range:
95-100%
These arteries are found in the neck
Carotid
This term means "the supply of oxygen to tissues."
Perfusion
The high-pitched whistling noise caused by an upper airway obstruction
Stridor
This drug is used to increase the size of blood vessels to improve blood flow
Nitroglycerin
This tool is specifically used to immobilize a femur fracture
Traction splint
A clump of congealed blood that can form in blood vessels
Clot
This type of shock is often caused by allergies or infections
Distributive
The term when a patient has stopped breathing altogether
Respiratory Arrest
The chamber of the heart where blood first returns from the body's organs
Right Atrium
The NREMT random skill station is long bone splinting, joint splinting, or ___________________.
Bleeding control