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23 Cards in this Set
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Abandonment |
Discontinuing emergency medical care without making sure that another health care professional with equal or better training has taken over. |
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Abdominal Cavity |
The space below the diaphragm and continuous with the pelvic cavity |
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Abrasion |
An open wound caused by scraping, rubbing or shearing away of the epidermis |
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Abuse |
Improper or excessive action so as to injure or cause harm |
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Accessory Muscles |
Additional muscles |
In regard to breathing, these are the muscles of the neck and the muscles between the ribs |
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Acquires Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) |
A terminal condition facilitated by HIV |
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Activated Charcoal |
A finely ground charcoal that is very absorbent and is sometimes used as an antidote to some ingested poisons |
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Adult Chain of Survival |
The steps of early intervention recommended for an adult having a heart attack |
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Advance Directive |
A patient's instructions, written in advance, regarding the kind of resuscitation efforts that should be made in a life-threatening emergency |
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Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) |
Emergency medical life-sustaining interventions |
Defibrillation, airway management, and medications for patients experiencing a heart attack. |
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Advanced Care Paramdeic (ACP) |
Trained to the level above the primary care paramedic and the EMR |
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Advanced Life Support (ALS) |
Emergency medical life-sustaining interventions such as defibrillation, airway management, and medications |
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Afterbirth |
The placenta after is separates from the uterine wall and delivers |
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Agonal Respiration |
Reflex gasping with no regular pattern or depth; a sign of impending cardiac or respiratory arrest |
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Airway Adjunct |
An artificial airway |
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ABC's |
Airway, breathing, circulation; the three ordered considerations for basic life support |
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Alimentary Tract |
The food passageway that extends from the mouth to the anus |
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Altered Mental Status |
A change in a patient's normal mental status |
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Alveoli |
The air sacs of the lungs |
Alveolus |
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Amniotic Sac |
A sac of fluid in which the fetus floats |
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Amputation |
An open injury that occurs when a body part is severed from the body |
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Analgesic |
A medication given to reduce pain |
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Anaphylactic Shock/Anaphylasix |
An acute allergic reaction with severe bronchospasm and vascular collapse that can be rapidly fatal |
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