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Adequate |
satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity. |
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Agitated |
feeling or appearing troubled or nervous. |
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Agonal Respirations |
gasping respiration or agonal breathing is an abnormal pattern of breathing and brainstem reflex characterized by gasping, labored breathing, accompanied by strange vocalizations and myoclonus |
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Alveoli |
are tiny sacs within our lungs that allow oxygen and carbon dioxide to move between the lungs and bloodstream. |
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Analgesic |
An analgesic or painkiller is any member of the group of drugs used to achieve analgesia, relief from pain. Analgesic drugs act in various ways on the peripheral and central nervous systems. |
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Anatomical |
of or relating to bodily structure. |
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Angina |
ischemic chest pain |
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Angulated |
hold, bend, or distort (a part of the body, especially of an animal) so as to form an angle or angle |
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Apnea |
A potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. |
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Authorization |
or authorisation is the function of specifying access rights to resources related to information security and computer security in general and to access control in particular.
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Avulsion |
the action of pulling or tearing away. |
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Bradycardia |
abnormally slow heart action. |
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Bronchioles |
any of the minute branches into which a bronchus divides. |
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Cannula |
is a tube that can be inserted into the body, often for the delivery or removal of fluid or for the gathering of data. |
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Cappillaries |
any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules. |
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Cardiopulmonary |
of or relating to the heart and the lungs. |
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Carina |
is a cartilaginous ridge within the trachea that runs antero-posteriorly between the two primary bronchi at the site of the tracheal bifurcation at the lower end of the trachea |
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composition |
the nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up. |
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Constriction |
the action of making something narrower by pressure or of becoming narrower; tightening. |
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crepitus |
a grating sound or sensation produced by friction between bone and cartilage or the fractured parts of a bone. |
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cyanosis |
a bluish discoloration of the skin resulting from poor circulation or inadequate oxygenation of the blood. |
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defibrilation |
is a process in which an electronic device gives an electric shock to the heart. This helps reestablish normal contraction rhythms in a heart having dangerous arrhythmia or in cardiac arrest. In recent years small portable defibrillators have become available. |
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Deoxygenated |
is a chemical reaction involving the removal of oxygen atoms from a molecule. |
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Diaphoretic
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(chiefly of a drug) inducing perspiration. |
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Dislodged |
knock or force out of position. |
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Distal |
situated away from the center of the body or from the point of attachment. |
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Distended |
swollen due to pressure from inside; bloated. |
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Distension |
The state of being distended, enlarged, swollen from internal pressure. |
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Emphysema |
A group of lung diseases that block airflow and make it difficult to breathe. |
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Fibrinolytics |
The primary type is a normal body process, whereas secondary fibrinolysis is the breakdown of clots due to a medicine, a medical disorder, or some other cause. |
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Flail Chest |
is a life-threatening medical condition that occurs when a segment of the rib cage breaks under extreme stress and becomes detached from the rest of the chest wall. |
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Flow Restricted, Oxygen- Powered Ventilation device
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FROPVD), also referred to as a manually triggered ventilation device (MTV), is used to assist ventilation in apneic or hypoventilating patients, although these devices can also be used to provide supplemental oxygen to breathing patents. |
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Hyperglycemia |
an excess of glucose in the bloodstream, often associated with diabetes mellitus. |
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Hyperventilation |
is a condition in which you suddenly start to breathe very quickly. Healthy breathing occurs with a healthy balance between breathing in oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide. |
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Hypotension |
abnormally low blood pressure. |
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Hypothermic |
is a medical emergency that occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing a dangerously low body temperature. |
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Hypovolemia |
A condition in which the liquid portion of the blood (plasma) is too low. |
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Impared |
weakened or damaged. |
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Inadequate |
lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose. |
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Kussmaul Respirations |
is a deep and labored breathing pattern often associated with severe metabolic acidosis, particularly diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) but also kidney failure. |
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Lacrimation |
the secretion of tears; specifically : abnormal or excessive secretion of tears due to local or systemic disease. |
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Nasopharyngeal |
of, relating to, or affecting the nose and pharynx or the nasopharynx |
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Neurogenic |
caused by, controlled by, or arising in the nervous system. |
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Normothermic |
A condition of normal body temperature. An environmental temperature that does not cause more or less activity of body cells. |
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Obligation |
an act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound; a duty or commitment. |
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Oropharyngeal |
is the middle part of the throat that includes the base of the tongue, the tonsils, the soft palate, and the walls of the pharynx. |
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Oscillation |
movement back and forth at a regular speed. |
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Oxygenated |
supply, treat, charge, or enrich with oxygen. |
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Oxygenation |
a measurement of dissolved oxygen concentration in soil or water. Oxygen saturation (medicine), the process by which concentrations of oxygen increase within a tissue. |
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Palpation |
is a method of feeling with the fingers or hands during a physical examination. |
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Pericardial Tamponade |
Compression of the heart caused by fluid collecting in the sac surrounding the heart. |
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Phantom Pain |
is pain that feels like it's coming from a body part that's no longer there. |
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Pulmonary |
of or relating to the lungs. |
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Pupillary |
Relating to the pupil. |
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Reffered pain |
pain felt in a part of the body other than its actual source. |
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Refractions |
resistant to treatment or cure |
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Sepsis |
A life-threatening complication of an infection. |
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Supplemental |
added to something else to make it complete |
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Tachycardia |
an abnormally rapid heart rate. |
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Tachypnea |
abnormally rapid breathing. |
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Vasodilation |
the dilatation of blood vessels, which decreases blood pressure. |
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Ventilated |
to oxygenate (blood) by exposure to air in the lungs.to assist the breathing of (a person), as with a respirator. |
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Ventilating |
the act of oxygenating (blood) by exposure to air in the lungs.to assist the breathing of (a person), as with a respirator. |