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22 Cards in this Set
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arterial air embolism
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Air bubbles in the arterial blood vessels.
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blunt trauma
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An impact on the body by objects that cause injury without penetrating soft tissues or internal organs and cavities.
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cavitation
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A phenomenon in which speed causes a bullet to generate pressure waves, which cause damage distant from the bullet's path.
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coup-contrecoup injury
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Dual impacting of the brain into the skull; coup injury occurs at the point of impact; contrecoup injury occurs on the opposite side of impact, as the brain rebounds.
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deceleration
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The slowing of an object.
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Resistance that slows a projectile, such as air.
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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, which are then totaled; effective in helping predict patient outcomes.
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Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score
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Awareness that unseen life-threatening injuries may exist when determining the mechanism of injury.
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index of suspicion
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The energy of a moving object.
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kinetic energy
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The way in which traumatic injuries occur; the forces that act on the body to cause damage.
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mechanism of injury (MOI)
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Emergencies that require EMS attention because of illnesses or conditions not caused by an outside force.
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medical emergencies
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Trauma that affects more than one body system.
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multisystem trauma
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Injury caused by objects, such as knives and bullets, that pierce the surface of the body and damage internal tissues and organs.
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penetrating trauma
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The product of mass, gravity, and height, which is converted into kinetic energy and results in injury, such as from a fall.
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potential energy
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Any object propelled by force, such as a bullet by a weapon.
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projectile
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Pulmonary trauma resulting from short-range exposure to the detonation of explosives.
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pulmonary blast injuries
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A scoring system used for patients with head trauma.
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Revised Trauma Score (RTS)
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The path a projectile takes once it is propelled.
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trajectory
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Emergencies that are the result of physical forces applied to a patient's body.
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trauma emergencies
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A score that relates to the likelihood of patient survival with the exception of a severe head injury. It calculates a number from 1 to 16, with 16 being the best possible score. It takes into account the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, respiratory rate, respiratory expansion, systolic blood pressure, and capillary refill.
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trauma score
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The eardrum; a thin, semitransparent membrane in the middle ear that transmits sound vibrations to the internal ear by means of auditory ossicles.
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tympanic membrane
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The product of force times distance.
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work
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