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11 Cards in this Set
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Air bubbles in the arterial blood vessels |
Arterial air embolism |
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An impact on the body by objects that cause injury without penetrating soft tissues or internal organs and cavities. |
Blunt trauma |
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A phenomenon in which speed causes a bullet to generate pressure waves, which cause damage distant from the bullets path. |
Cavitation |
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A brain injury that occurs when force is applied to the head and energy transmission through brain tissue causes injury on the opposite side of original impact. |
Coup-contrecoup brain injury |
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The slowing of an object. |
Deceleration |
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Resistance that slows a projectile, such as air. |
Drag |
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An evaluation tool used to determine level of consciousness, which evaluates and assigns point values (scores) for eye opening, verbal response, and motor response. |
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score |
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Awareness that unseen life-threatening injuries may exist when determining the mechanism of injury. |
Index of suspicion |
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The energy of a moving object. |
Kinetic energy |
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The forces or energy transmission applied to the body that causes injury. |
Mechanism of injury (MOI) |
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Emergencies that require EMS attention because of illnesses or conditions not caused by an outside force. |
Medical Emergencies |
