Nancy Caroline’s Emergency care in the streets 8th Exam Bundle

acute stress reaction - Answer Reaction to stress that occurs during a stressful situation. Airborne transmission - Answer The spread of an organism in aerosol form, such as droplets or dust Blind panic - Answer A fear reaction in which a person's judgment seems to disappear entirely; it is p...

abduction - Answer Movement of a limb away from the midline adduction - Answer Movement of a limb toward the midline deep - Answer Farther inside the body and away from the skin. dorsal - Answer The posterior surface of the body, including the back of the hand. eponym - Answer The name o...

absolute refractory period - Answer The early phase of cardiac repolarization, wherein the heart muscle cannot be stimulated to depolarize; aka: effective refractory period Absorption - Answer the process by which the molecules of a substance are moved from the site of entry or administration int...

abandonment - Answer Termination of care for the patient without giving the patient sufficient opportunity to find another suitable health care professional to take over his or her medical treatment. advance directive - Answer a written document or oral statement that expresses the wants, needs, ...

What is the function of a baroreceptor? - Answer Monitoring changes in arterial pressure The limbic system, a portion of the cerebrum and diencephalon, contains structures that: - Answer Influence emotions and mood. In the bloodstream, _____________ reacts with the plasma protein angiotensinog...

Acute chest syndrome: - Answer A vasoocclusive crisis that can be associated with pneumonia; common signs and symptoms include chest pain, fever, and cough; associated with sickle cell disease. Acute splenic sequestration syndrome: - Answer A condition in which red blood cells become trapped in t...

certified - Answer A title given when a person has shown that he or she has met requirements based on knowledge of certain facts clinical practice guideline (CPG - Answer A statement that includes recommendations designed to provide optimal care; depends on the paramedic's ability to select whic...

which of the following results is in the MOST years of potential life lost: a. suicide b. heart disease c. traumatic injury d. cancer - Answer C. traumatic injury from an injury prevention standpoint, the term intervention is defined as: a. specific prevention measures or activities b. any ...

amenorrhea - Answer absence of menstruation Bartholin glands - Answer two glands located on either side of the vaginal opening that secrete a lubricant during intercourse cervix - Answer Narrowest portion (lower third of the neck) of the uterus that opens into the vagina. clitoris - Answer ...

When a patient hyperventilates and has carpopedal spasm, this reaction is a result of a developing A)metabolic acidosis B)respiratory alkalosis C)metabolic alkalosis D)respiratory acidosis - Answer Respiratory alkalosis An increase in the size of cells caused by synthesis of more subcellul...

Possible causes for Red (flushed) skin - Answer Fever Hypertension Superficial burns Allergic reaction Alcohol intake Carbon monoxide poisoning(late sign) Possible causes for White (pallor) skin - Answer Excessive blood loss Anaphylaxis Hypoglycemia Anxiety Possible causes for blue(c...

Emergency Care in the Streets, Ch. 12 (Critical Thinking and Clinical Decision Making), 8th Edition Master List A negative attitude about any patient or patient care situation: - Answer almost guarantees that the care you provide will be suboptimal. A working diagnosis is MOST accurately defin...

eu- - Answer good mal- - Answer bad dextro- - Answer right sinistr/o - Answer left ad- - Answer toward ab- - Answer away from pulmon/o - Answer lung (similar word pneum/o) mammo/o - Answer Breast (similar word mast/o) cardi/o - Answer heart (similar word coron/o) nephr/o -...

Acidosis - Answer An increase in extracellular H positive Ions and a blood PH of less than 7.35 Acquired immunity - Answer the immunity that occurs when the body is exposed to a foreign substance or disease and produces antibodies to the invader activation - Answer mediators of inflammation tr...