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EMT Medical TerminologyAcidosis - ANS an acid condition of the body - can occur with decreased ventilations - not enough
carbon dioxide is eliminated. With water, CO2 becomes carbonic acid.
Alkalosis - ANS an alkaline condition of the body - can occur with hyperventilation - blowing off too
much carbon dioxide
Adjuncts - ANS things that help - so oxygen assist in the delivery of oxygen
Agitation - ANS an emotional state of being restless, anxious, nervous
Aggravation - ANS an emotional state of being angry, or extremely unhappy about something
Algorithm - ANS an illustrative method to summarize assessment and treatment information.
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Antecubital - ANS pertaining to the front of the elbow - a place to start an IV
Arthritis - ANS an inflammation of the joints
Aspirate - ANS to suck into
Atrophy - ANS a wasting of tissue - when leg is not in use it wastes away
Bifurcate - ANS to split in two - the trachea bifurcates at the carina into two main stem bronchi
Blunt trauma - ANS an injury that was caused by a blunt object - no break in the skin
Child - ANS pediatrics- a child is over 1 year old but less than 14
Compromise - ANS to make worse - compromised airway
, Contraindicated - ANS a condition that renders a treatment improper or undesirable
Copious - ANS large amounts
Dermatology - ANS the study of the skin
Ectopic - ANS out of the ordinary (pregnancy, pacemaker, beats)
Edema - ANS swelling of tissue due to excessive fluid in the area
Electrodes - ANS the "leads" placed on a patient's chest for ECG
Embolus - ANS a lump of something traveling through the blood vessel (air, fat from a fracture or
blood clot)
Emphysema - ANS means trapped air - a chronic respiratory disease that involves trapping air
Epistaxis - ANS medical term for nosebleed
Epidemiology - ANS the study of the distribution of illness & injury across a population and the
applying this knowledge to help control disease
Etiology - ANS the study of the cause of a disease
Evisceration - ANS an open wound where internal organs are visible on the outside such as an
abdominal evisceration
Exacerbate - ANS to make worse - increased severity of symptoms
Expedite - ANS to hurry along, to do quickly
Expiration - ANS to breathe out - exhalation
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