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Medication

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Generically defined as a drug or other substance that is used as a remedy for illness

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Drug

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A chemical substance that is used to treat or prevent a disease or condition

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Pharmacology

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The study of drugs

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Metered dose inhaler

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Is used by a patient who has some type of respiratory disease

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Small volume nebulizer

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The indication of indications actions and side effects are the same the only route of delivery is different

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Contra dictations

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Situations in which the drug should not be administered because of the potential harm that it could cause to the patient

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Dose

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Details indicates how much of the dirt of the drug should be given to the patient

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Administration

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Refers to the route and form in which the drug is given

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Side effects

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Actions that are not desired and that can occur in addition to the desired therapeutic effects

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Action

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The effect the drug has on the body

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Shock

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Inadequate perfusion of cells tissue in organs with oxygen and other nutrients resulting in cell tissue and organ dysfunction

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Resuscitation

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Is the emergency care process that attempts to restore lost vital functions

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Inadequate volume

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A patient who has a decreased blood volume would have a decrease in preload which causes stroke volume in cardiac output to fall

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Hypovolemic shock

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Shock that is caused from low low blood volume also is the most common type of shock

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Distributive shock

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Is associated with a decrease in intravascular volume caused by a massive systemic vasodilation and an increase in capillary permeability

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Cardiogenic shock

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Is caused by an effective pump function of the heart

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Obstructive shock

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Results from a condition that obstructs forward blood flow

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Metabolic shock or respiratory shock

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Described as a dysfunction in the ability of oxygen to diffuse into the blood be carried by hemoglobin offload at the sale or be used effectively by the cell for metabolism

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Hemorrhage hypovolemic shock

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Often referred to as simply hemorrhagic shock results from the loss of whole blood from the intravascular space

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Nonhemorrhagic hypovolemic shock

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Is caused by the shift of fluid out of the intravascular space whoever red blood cells and hemoglobin remain within the vessels

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Burn shock

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Specific form of non-hemorrhage hypovolemic shock resulting from a burn injury

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Anaphylactic shock

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Chemical meditators that are released in the anaphylactic reaction cause massive and systemic vasodilation

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Septic shock

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There’s another type of distributive shock it results from sepsis which is exaggerated inflammatory response to an injection that causes the vessels throughout the body to dilate and become permeable

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Neurogenic shock

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Also commonly referred to as vessel genic shock another type of distributor of shock spinal cord injury is a cause of neurogenic shock

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Compensatory shock

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When the pressure in the are you order and corroded bodies decreases the arterial wall tension is reduced which triggers the borrower receptors to send decreased signals to the hypothalamus

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decompensatory shock

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Is an advanced stage of shock in which the body‘s compensatory mechanisms are no longer able to maintain a blood pressure and perfusion of the vital organs

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Asystole

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Is the absence of electrical activity and pumping action in the heart

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Cardiac conduction system

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Generates electrical impulses that conduct rapidly to other cells of the heart

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Circulatory system

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Has three major components for heart the blood vessels in the blood each of these components can play a significant role in patients experiencing a cardiac related emergency

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The heart

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Consist of four chambers the atria the ventricles

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Venae cavae

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The largest veins within the body

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Pulmonary arteries

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The pressure in the pulmonary vessels is low that’s the right ventricle and does not need to generate a great deal of force to check the blood

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Pulmonary veins

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The blood in the left atrium is then injected through the mitral valve and into the left ventricle upon contraction of the atria

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Arteries

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Carry oxygenated blood to the arterolies and then to the capillaries

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Veins

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Carry deoxygenated blood from the capillaries where the blood has picked up carbon dioxide and other waste products given off by cells

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Coronary arteries

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The heart perfuse it self first with oxygenated blood before sending the oxygenated blood into the arteries throughout the body

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Thrombus

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Blood components respond to injury by forming clots to stop the bleeding that clot that is formed is called this

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Platelets

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Disc shaped elements in the blood that are fragments of cells from bone marrow

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Fibrin

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Proteins strands that form a mesh that that strengthens a clot

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Plaque

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A fatty deposit

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dysrhythmias

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Cardiac rhythm abnormalities

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Depolarization

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Is the first in which electrical charges of the heart muscle change from negative to positive and cost the heart muscle contraction

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Repolarization

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Is the second component in which the electrical charges of the hard muscle return to arresting negative charge and cause relaxation of the heart muscle

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Blood pressure

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Is the amount of pressure exerted against their arterial wall during circulation

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Coronary artery disease

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The narrowing in hardening of the coronary arteries is the most common type of heart disease and versus responsible for more than 385,000 deaths each year

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Arteriosclerosis

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Is a condition that causes the smallest of arterial structures to become stiff and less elastic

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Atherosclerosis

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A systematic arterial disease in which plaque builds up inside the arteries

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Acute coronary syndrome

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Results from a variety of conditions that can affect the heart in which the coronary arteries are narrowed or occluded by fat deposits

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Myocardial ischemia

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The state in which there is an adequate delivery of oxygen to the heart muscle

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Angina pectoris

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Pain in the chest

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Acute myocardial infraction

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Occurs when a portion of the heart muscle ties because of the lack of adequate supply of oxygenated blood

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Aortic aneurysm

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Occurs when a wicked section of the aortic wall usually resulting from atherosclerosis begins to dilate or balloon at word from the pressure exerted by the blood flowing through the vessel

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Aortic dissection

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Occurs when there is a tear in the inner lining of the aorta and blood enters the opening and causes separation of the layers of aortic wall

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Reperfusion

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The restoration of blood to an area of tissue that was ischemic from low blood flow or occlusion of a vessel like

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Heart failure

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When the heart can no longer adequately inject blood out of the ventricle

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Congestive heart failure

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Is a medical diagnosis that refers to the condition in which there is buildup of fluid in the body resulting from the pump failure of the heart

57
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Nitroglycerin

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Is a potent vasodilator

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