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Malaise |
Weakness, tired |
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Pertussis |
Whooping chough. Found in elderly. More in peds. Can't stop coughing. |
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Esophageal varices |
Rupturing of blood vessels in the esophagus. Found in alcoholics |
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Cystic fibrosis |
Over productions of music. Found in peds. Suction constantly. |
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Ecchymosis |
a discoloration of the skin resulting from bleeding underneath, typically caused by bruising. |
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cpr ratio |
Two-person CPR for the adult victim will be 30 compressions to 2 breaths. Two-person CPR ratio for the child and infant will be 15 compressions to 2 breaths. |
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Possible complications during fibrinolytic therapy |
Hypertension, dm it messes up kidney |
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Aphasia |
loss of ability to understand or express speech, caused by brain damage. |
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Dysarthria |
difficult or unclear articulation of speech that is otherwise linguistically normal. |
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Dysplegia |
paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body, typically affecting the legs more severely than the arms. |
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Systolic pressure is measured when |
Ventricles contract |
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When do coronary arteries gwt filled |
Diastole |
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Pulmonary artery carries |
Deoxygenates blood away from heart |
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Largest artery in the body |
Aorta |
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Right sided heart failure is also know as |
Cor pulmonale |
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The blood returns to the heart from the pulmonary veins through ____, also know as___, and into ___. |
Mitral valve, bicuspid valve, left atrium |
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The heart receives it's blood from |
Coronary arteries |
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What does a wet cough mean |
Copd |
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What is th3 valve btw L atrium and L ventricle |
Mitral valve |
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What vessels supply the myocardium with blood |
Coronary arteries |
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What us CHF |
Failure to pump adequately |
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What is a transient is chemical attack |
A brief episode of neurological dysfunction resulting from interruptions in the blood supply to the brain |
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Which vessels regulate regional blood flow to the capillary beds |
Arteriols |
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What do eye look like when pt has taken a narcotic |
Pupils are constricted |
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When obtaining a blood pressure the emt listens for a pulse over what blood vessel |
Brachial artery |
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Common s/s of a hypertensive emergency are |
Ringing in ears, headache, epistaxis |
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What I'd a disorder in which calcium and a fatty material called cholesterol build is called |
Atherosclerosis |
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Putrefaction |
Rotting |
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The head and brain receive.tbeor supply of o2 blood from |
The carotid arteries |
