Emt 1 Vocab List

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Adequate

Back 1

satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.

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Agitated

Back 2

feeling or appearing troubled or nervous.

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Agonal Respirations

Back 3

gasping respiration or agonal breathing is an abnormal pattern of breathing and brainstem reflex characterized by gasping, labored breathing, accompanied by strange vocalizations and myoclonus

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Alveoli

Back 4

are tiny sacs within our lungs that allow oxygen and carbon dioxide to move between the lungs and bloodstream.

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Analgesic

Back 5

An analgesic or painkiller is any member of the group of drugs used to achieve analgesia, relief from pain. Analgesic drugs act in various ways on the peripheral and central nervous systems.

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Anatomical

Back 6

of or relating to bodily structure.

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Angina

Back 7

ischemic chest pain

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Angulated

Back 8

hold, bend, or distort (a part of the body, especially of an animal) so as to form an angle or angle

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Apnea

Back 9

A potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts.

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Authorization

Back 10

or authorisation is the function of specifying access rights to resources related to information security and computer security in general and to access control in particular.

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Avulsion

Back 11

the action of pulling or tearing away.

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Bradycardia

Back 12

abnormally slow heart action.

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Bronchioles

Back 13

any of the minute branches into which a bronchus divides.

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Cannula

Back 14

is a tube that can be inserted into the body, often for the delivery or removal of fluid or for the gathering of data.

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Cappillaries

Back 15

any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules.

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Cardiopulmonary

Back 16

of or relating to the heart and the lungs.

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Carina

Back 17

is a cartilaginous ridge within the trachea that runs antero-posteriorly between the two primary bronchi at the site of the tracheal bifurcation at the lower end of the trachea

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composition

Back 18

the nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up.

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Constriction

Back 19

the action of making something narrower by pressure or of becoming narrower; tightening.

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crepitus

Back 20

a grating sound or sensation produced by friction between bone and cartilage or the fractured parts of a bone.

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cyanosis

Back 21

a bluish discoloration of the skin resulting from poor circulation or inadequate oxygenation of the blood.

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defibrilation

Back 22

is a process in which an electronic device gives an electric shock to the heart. This helps reestablish normal contraction rhythms in a heart having dangerous arrhythmia or in cardiac arrest. In recent years small portable defibrillators have become available.

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Deoxygenated

Back 23

is a chemical reaction involving the removal of oxygen atoms from a molecule.

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Diaphoretic

Back 24

(chiefly of a drug) inducing perspiration.

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Dislodged

Back 25

knock or force out of position.

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Distal

Back 26

situated away from the center of the body or from the point of attachment.

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Distended

Back 27

swollen due to pressure from inside; bloated.

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Distension

Back 28

The state of being distended, enlarged, swollen from internal pressure.

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Emphysema

Back 29

A group of lung diseases that block airflow and make it difficult to breathe.

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Fibrinolytics

Back 30

The primary type is a normal body process, whereas secondary fibrinolysis is the breakdown of clots due to a medicine, a medical disorder, or some other cause.

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Flail Chest

Back 31

is a life-threatening medical condition that occurs when a segment of the rib cage breaks under extreme stress and becomes detached from the rest of the chest wall.

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Flow Restricted, Oxygen- Powered Ventilation device

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FROPVD), also referred to as a manually triggered ventilation device (MTV), is used to assist ventilation in apneic or hypoventilating patients, although these devices can also be used to provide supplemental oxygen to breathing patents.

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Hyperglycemia

Back 33

an excess of glucose in the bloodstream, often associated with diabetes mellitus.

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Hyperventilation

Back 34

is a condition in which you suddenly start to breathe very quickly. Healthy breathing occurs with a healthy balance between breathing in oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide.

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Hypotension

Back 35

abnormally low blood pressure.

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Hypothermic

Back 36

is a medical emergency that occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing a dangerously low body temperature.

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Hypovolemia

Back 37

A condition in which the liquid portion of the blood (plasma) is too low.

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Impared

Back 38

weakened or damaged.

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Inadequate

Back 39

lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.

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Kussmaul Respirations

Back 40

is a deep and labored breathing pattern often associated with severe metabolic acidosis, particularly diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) but also kidney failure.

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Lacrimation

Back 41

the secretion of tears; specifically : abnormal or excessive secretion of tears due to local or systemic disease.

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Nasopharyngeal

Back 42

of, relating to, or affecting the nose and pharynx or the nasopharynx

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Neurogenic

Back 43

caused by, controlled by, or arising in the nervous system.

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Normothermic

Back 44

A condition of normal body temperature. An environmental temperature that does not cause more or less activity of body cells.

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Obligation

Back 45

an act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound; a duty or commitment.

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Oropharyngeal

Back 46

is the middle part of the throat that includes the base of the tongue, the tonsils, the soft palate, and the walls of the pharynx.

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Oscillation

Back 47

movement back and forth at a regular speed.

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Oxygenated

Back 48

supply, treat, charge, or enrich with oxygen.

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Oxygenation

Back 49

a measurement of dissolved oxygen concentration in soil or water. Oxygen saturation (medicine), the process by which concentrations of oxygen increase within a tissue.

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Palpation

Back 50

is a method of feeling with the fingers or hands during a physical examination.

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Pericardial Tamponade

Back 51

Compression of the heart caused by fluid collecting in the sac surrounding the heart.

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Phantom Pain

Back 52

is pain that feels like it's coming from a body part that's no longer there.

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Pulmonary

Back 53

of or relating to the lungs.

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Pupillary

Back 54

Relating to the pupil.

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Reffered pain

Back 55

pain felt in a part of the body other than its actual source.

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Refractions

Back 56

resistant to treatment or cure

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Sepsis

Back 57

A life-threatening complication of an infection.

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Supplemental

Back 58

added to something else to make it complete

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Tachycardia

Back 59

an abnormally rapid heart rate.

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Tachypnea

Back 60

abnormally rapid breathing.

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Vasodilation

Back 61

the dilatation of blood vessels, which decreases blood pressure.

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Ventilated

Back 62

to oxygenate (blood) by exposure to air in the lungs.to assist the breathing of (a person), as with a respirator.

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Ventilating

Back 63

the act of oxygenating (blood) by exposure to air in the lungs.to assist the breathing of (a person), as with a respirator.