Ch. 15

Question 1

Anaphylactic shock

Answer 1

Type of distributive shock. Chemical mediators that are released in the anaphylactic Reaction cause massive and systemic vasodilation.

Question 2

Asystole

Answer 2

Absence of electrical activity and pumping action in the heart

Question 3

AED

Answer 3

Use of defibrillation easier to use then a defibrillator.

Question 4

Burn shock

Answer 4

Specific form of nonhemorrhagic hypovolemic shock resulting from a burn injury

Question 5

Cardiac arrest

Answer 5

Worst manifestation of cardiac compromise from an acute coronary event occurs when the ventricles of the heart are not contracting or when cardiac output is completely ineffective and no pulse is felt

Question 6

Cardiogenic shock

Answer 6

Caused by ineffective pump function of the heart

Question 7

Chain of survival

Answer 7

Sequence of events that the American heart association has termed

Question 8

Compensatory shock

Answer 8

Compensation for the decrease in the pressure. Because the body can maintain normal to near normal blood pressure and perfusion of the vital organs

Question 9

Decompensatory shock

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Defibrillation

Answer 10

The procedure of sending an electrical current through the chest is necessary to convert an abnormal and lethal rhythm with no pulse

Question 11

Distributive shock

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Downtime

Answer 12

Time it starts when the patient goes into cardiac arrest

Question 13

Hemorrhagic hypovolemic shock

Answer 13

Results from the loss of whole blood from the intravascular space

Question 14

Hemorrhagic shock

Answer 14

Hemorrhagic specifically means whole blood loss that can occur from traumatic injury or medical illness

Question 15

Hypoperfusion

Answer 15

An amount of oxygen delivered to the cells that is less than the amount required for normal metabolism

Question 16

Hypovolemic shock

Answer 16

Shock that is caused by low blood volume

Question 17

Metabolic shock

Answer 17

Dysfunction in the ability of oxygen to diffuse into the blood be carried by hemoglobin off load at the cell or be used effectively by the cell metabolism

Question 18

Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

Answer 18

Stage in which multiple organs begin to fail throughout the body from extreme and prolonged hypoxia altered metabolism and elevated carbon dioxide and acid levels

Question 19

Neurogenic shock

Answer 19

Spinal cord injury is caused of this shock.

Question 20

Nonhemorrhagic hypovolemic shock

Answer 20

Results in loss of whole blood from intravascular space

Question 21

Obstructive shock

Answer 21

Results from a condition that instructs forward blood flow

Question 22

Pulseless electrical activity (PEA)

Answer 22

Heart has an organized rhythm but either the heart muscle is so weakened that it fails to pump or the heart muscle doesn’t not respond to the electrical activity or the circulatory system has lost so much blood that there is nothing to pump

Question 23

Respiratory shock

Answer 23

Dysfunction in the ability of oxygen to diffuse into the blood be carried by hemoglobin off load into the cell or be used effectively by the cell for metabolism

Question 24

Resuscitation

Answer 24

Emergency care process that attempts to restore lost vital functions

Question 25

Return of spontaneous circulation

Answer 25

When the patient regains a spontaneous pulse during the resuscitation effort

Question 26

Sepsis

Answer 26

Body’s exaggerated inflammatory response to an infection typically fungal viral or bacterial that overwhelms the body normal defense and regulatory systems causing a disruption in the cell organ function

Question 27

Sepsis syndrome

Answer 27

Same as sepsis

Question 28

Septic shock

Answer 28

Results from sepsis which is an exaggerated inflammatory response to an infection that causes vessels through out the body to dilate and become permeable

Question 29

Shock

Answer 29

Inadequate Perfusion of cells tissue and organs with oxygen and other nutrients resulting in the cell

Question 30

Sudden death

Answer 30

When the patient dies within one hour of the onset of the signs and symptoms

Question 31

Survival

Answer 31

In Cardiac arrest this is defined as a patient who survived to be discharged from the hospital

Question 32

Total downtime

Answer 32

Total time from when the patient goes into cardiac arrest until you deliver the patient to the emergency department

Question 33

Unwitnessed cardiac arrest

Answer 33

When the emt arrives on the scene and the patient is already unresponsive apneic and pulseless

Question 34

Vasogenic shock

Answer 34

Spinal cord injury causes this

Question 35

Ventricular fibrillation

Answer 35

Disorganized cardiac rhythm that produces no pulse or cardiac output

Question 36

Ventricular tachycardia

Answer 36

Very fast heart rhythm that is generated in the ventricle instead of the sinistral node in the atrium

Question 37

Witnessed cardiac arrest

Answer 37

When the emt witnesses the patient become unresponsive