ENDOCRINE EMERGENCIES
Pathologic accumulation of acid in the body.
What is Acidosis?
The spread of an organism via droplets or dust.
What is Airborne Transmission?
The point at which a person's reactions to events interfere with activities of daily living.
What is a Behavioral Crisis?
Substance that causes an allergic reaction.
What is Allergen?
1970s television medical series featuring the adventures of Squad 51 of the Los Angeles County Fires Department.
What is Emergency?
What is the Endocrine System?
Exposure or transmission of a disease from one person to another by contact with a contaminated object.
What is Indirect Contact?
How a person functions or acts in response to his or her environment.
What is Behavior?
A poison or harmful substance.
What is a Toxin?
What is Bringing Out the Dead?
Deep rapid respirations usually the result of accumulation of acids in the body.
What is Kussmmaul Respirations?
Protective measures that have traditionally been developed by the CDC to mitigate exposure risks of communicable diseases.
What are Standard Precautions?
Delayed stress reaction that develops after a horrifying ordeal that involved physical harm or the threat of physical harm.
What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
The act of injecting venom.
What is Envenomation?
1976 comedy of competing Los Angeles private ambulance services starring Bill Cosby.
What is Mother Jugs and Speed?
What is polydipsia?
Pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans.
What are Bloodborne Pathogens?
A serious behavioral condition with agitated behavior, disorientation, hallucinations or delusions.
What is Excited Delirium?
The body system that includes all of the structures and processes designed to mount a defense against foreign substances and disease causing agents.
What is the Immune System?
1972 to 1983 television series whose final episode drew the largest audience for any television series.
What is MASH?
Life threatening condition in Type II Diabetes resulting from hyperglycemia which results in altered mental status, dehydration and organ damage.
What is Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemis Nonketotic Syndrome (HHNS)?
The abnormal invasion of a host by organisms such as bacteria, viruses, or parasites with or without signs or symptoms of disease.
Restriction of chest wall movement and/or airway obstruction which can lead to sudden death.
What is Positional Asphyxiation?
Chemical substances that contribute to anaphylaxis released by the immune system in allergic reactions.
What are Leukotrienes?
2005 made for TV movie of the story of a former food writer who battled clinical depression by becoming a volunteer EMT.
What is Ambulance Girl?