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35 Cards in this Set
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Any situation, event or agent that threatens a person's security
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A stressor
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Damaging Stress
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Distress
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Eustress
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Stress that protects health (Good stress) i.e Having a new baby
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An acute stress disorder that begins when a person experiences, witnesses, or is confronted with a traumatic event
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Biochemical model of stress developed by Hans Selye in 1976
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General Adaptation System (GAS)
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What does the GAS do?
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Decribes the body's general response to stress
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Three stages of stress...
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Alarm Stage
Resistance Exhaustion or Recovery |
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What happens to the body in the alarm stage
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^ in Release of hormones
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^ ADH during the alarm stage causes
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^ water reabsorbotion, decrease in urine output
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^ epinephrine causes
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^ HR, O2 intake, and mental acuity
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^ norepinephrine during the alram stage causes
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^ blood flow to the musculoskeletal system, and ^ arterial blood pressure
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What happens to your body during the resistance stage?
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Stabilization, Parasympathetic nervous system activity, adaptation to stressors
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Recovery stage of stress
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Return to Homeostatsis
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Exhuastion stage of stress
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decreased energy levels b/c energy store shave been depleted, decreased psychological adaptation, possible death
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Psychological response to a stressor affecting a specific part of the body
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Local Adaption Syndrome
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The bodys reaction to wounding, begins within minutes of injury and lasts approx 3 days. Localized redness, edema, warmth and throbbing
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Inflammatory phase
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Lats 3-24 days. Main activities during this phase is filling the wound with granulation tissue, contraction of the wound, and the resurfacing of the wound by epithelialization
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Proliferative Phase
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The final stage of healing (forming a scar) can take up to a year depending on the severity of the wound
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Remodeling
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Extensive reconstruction or alteration in body part, poses a great risk to the pt well being.
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Major Surgery
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Minimal alteration in body parts, often designed to correct deformities
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Minor Surgery
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Client's choice,not essential
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Elective Surgery
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Necessary for the client's health, prevents additional problems
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Urgent Surgery
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Must be done immediately to save a life or limb
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Emergency Surgery
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Surgical Exploration
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Diagnostic Surgery
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Excision or removal of diseased body part
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Ablative
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Relieves or reduces intensity of disease symptoms, not a cure
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Palliative Surgery
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Restores function or appearance to traumatized or malfunctioning tissues
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Reconstructive Surgery
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Removal of organs from a dead person for transplant to another person
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Procurement for transplant
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Restores function lost or reduced congenital deformities
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Constructive Surgery
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Preformed to improve personal appearance
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Cosmetic Surgery
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Meds not to give prior to a surgery
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Antiarrythmics, antihypertensives, anticonvulsants, steriods, NSAIDS, antidiabetic, anticoagulants
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Results in an immobile, quiet client who does not recall surgical procedure. GIven by IV or inhalation.
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General Anesthesia
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Results in loss of sensation in an area of the body, Spinal, epidural, or peripheral nerve block.
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Regional Anesthesia
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Involves loss of sensation at desired site. Anesthetic agent inhibits nerve conduction until the drug diffuses into circulation. Injected or applied topically.
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Local Anesthesia
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routinely used for procedures that do not require complete anesthesia but a rather depressed level of consciousness. Pt must independently retain their airway and be able to respond to verbal stimuli. Short action
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Conscious sedation
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