Chapters 11, 12, 13

Front 1

blunt-force trauma

Back 1

injury caused by a blow that does not penetrate the skin or other body issues

Front 2

danger zone

Back 2

the area around the wreckage of a vehicle collision or other incident within special safety precautions should be taken

Front 3

index of suspicion

Back 3

awareness that there may be injuries

Front 4

mechanism of injury

Back 4

a force or forces that may have caused injury

Front 5

nature of illness

Back 5

what is medically wrong with a patient

Front 6

penetrating trauma

Back 6

injury caused by an object that passes though the skin or other body tissues

Front 7

scene size-up

Back 7

steps taken when approaching the scene of an emergency call: checking scene safety, taking Standard Precautions, noting the mechanism of injury or nature of the patient's illness, determining the number of patients and deciding what, if an, additional resources.

Front 8

ABCs

Back 8

airway, breathing, circulation

Front 9

AVPU

Back 9

A memory aid for classifying a patient's level if responsiveness or mental status. The letters stand for alert, verbal response, painful response, unresponsive.

Front 10

chief complaint

Back 10

in emergency medicine, the reason EMS was called, usually in the patient's own words.

Front 11

general impression

Back 11

impression of patient'c conditions that is formed on first approaching the patient, based on the patient's environment, chief complaint, and appearance.

Front 12

interventions

Back 12

actions taken to correct or manage a patient's problems

Front 13

mental status

Back 13

level of responsiveness

Front 14

primary assessment

Back 14

the first element in a patient assessment; steps take for the purpose of discovering and dealing with any life-threatening problems. The six parts of primary assessment are: 1) forming a general impression, 2) assessing mental status, 3) assessing airway, 4) assessing breathing, 5) assessing circulation, and 6) determining the priority of he patient for treatment and transport to the hospital.

Front 15

priority

Back 15

the decision regarding the need for immediate transport of the the patient versus further assessment and care at the scene.

Front 16

auscultation

Back 16

listening. A stethoscope is used to auscultate for characteristic sounds

Front 17

blood pressure

Back 17

the force of blood against the walls of the blood vessels

Front 18

blood pressure monitor

Back 18

a machine tat automatically inflates a blood pressure cuff and measures blood pressure.

Front 19

brachial artery

Back 19

the major artery of the arm

Front 20

bradycardia

Back 20

a slow pulse; any pulse rate below 60 beats per minute

Front 21

carotid pulse

Back 21

the pulse felt along the large carotid artery on ether side of the neck

Front 22

diastolic blood pressure

Back 22

the pressure remaining in the arteries when the left ventricle of the heart is relaxed and refilling

Front 23

dilate

Back 23

get larger

Front 24

oxygen saturation (SpO2)

Back 24

the ratio of the amount of oxygen present in the blood to the amount that could be carried, expressed as a percentage

Front 25

palpation

Back 25

touching or feeling. A pulse or blood pressure may be palpated with the fingertips.

Front 26

pulse

Back 26

the rhythmic beats felt as the heart pumps blood through the arteries

Front 27

pulse oximeter

Back 27

an electronic device for determining the amount of oxygen carried in the blood, known as the oxygen saturation or SpO2.

Front 28

pulse quality

Back 28

the rhythm (regular or irregular) and force (strong or weak) of the pulse

Front 29

pulse rate

Back 29

the number of pulse beats per minute

Front 30

radial pulse

Back 30

the pulse felt at the wrist

Front 31

reactivity

Back 31

in the pupils of the eyes, reacting to light by changing size

Front 32

respiration

Back 32

the act of breathing in and breathing out

Front 33

respiratory quality

Back 33

the normal or abnormal (shallow, labored, or noisy) character of breathing

Front 34

respiratory rate

Back 34

the number of breaths taken in one minute

Front 35

respiratory rhythm

Back 35

the regular or irregular spacing of breaths

Front 36

sphygmomanometer

Back 36

the cuff and gauge used to measure blood pressure

Front 37

systolic blood pressure

Back 37

the pressure created when the heart contracts and forces blood out into the arteries