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Passenger safety mechanism - ANS Complications of serious head trauma - ANS Subdural hematoma Epidural hematoma Intracerebral hemorrhage Subarachnoid hemorrhage Layers of skin - ANS Epidermis- outer layer, tough Dermis- inner layer, contains hair follicles, sweat glands and sebaceous glands Subcutaneous tissue Systemic vs Pulmonary vessel circuit - ANS systemic- moves blood between the heart and rest of the body pulmonary- moves blood between...

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AMI (Heart Attack) (Acute Myocardial Infarction) Blockage in the coronary artery. Death occurs in the myocardial muscle due to lack of oxygenated blood flow through the coronary arteries. S/S Chest pain, Pressure, nausea, weakness, fatigue, Dyspnea (SOB), Diaphoresis (excessive Sweat), Abnormal signs, sudden cardiac arrest. Angina pectoris A period experienced in a patient where heart tissue is not getting enough oxygen. much like spasm of an artery, symptoms as atherosclerostic areter...

Kinetic vs Potential Energy - correct answerkinetic energy: energy in motion potential energy: energy at rest 3 collisions within a crash - correct answer1st: collision of the car with another object (car, tree, wall). It can tell you a lot about the severity of the collusion, having an indirect effect on patient care 2nd: the collision of the passenger against the interior of the vehicle. Injuries in this part are typically obvious/dramatic and most commonly include lower extremity and r...

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What makes up the axial skeleton? - correct answerskull, vertebral column, thoracic cage what is the epiglottis? - correct answera flap that flips down to cover the entry to the trachea during swallowing what is croup? - correct answeracute VIRAL inflammatory disease of larynx, primarily w/in the subglottic space -6 months to 6 years what is a pulmonary embolism? - correct answerA condition in which one or more arteries in the lungs become blocked by a blood clot. what is an aneurys...

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