Chapter 15 Medical Overview Flashcards
Respiratory emergencies
Asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis
Cardiovascular emergencies
Heart attack (myocardial infarction), cognitive heart failure.
Neurologic emergencies
Seizures, strokes, syncope
Gastrointestinal emergencies
Appendicitis, diverticulitis, pancreatitis
Urologic emergences
Kidney stones, bladder infections
Endocrine emergencies
Diabetes mellitus
Hematologist emergencies
Sickle cell disease, hemophilia
Immunologic emergencies
Anaphylactic reaction
Toxicological emergencies
Substance abuse; food, plant, or chemical poisoning
Behavioral emergencies
Alzheimer disease, schizophrenia, depression, suicide
Gynecologic emergencies
Vaginal bleeding, STD, pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy
A disease that can be spread from one person or speices to another
Communicable disease
Occurs when new cases of disease in a human population substantially exceed the number expected based on experience
Epidemic
A common virus that is asymptomatic in 80% of people carrying it but characterized by small blisters on the lips or genitals in symptomatic infections
Herpes simplex
Awareness that unseen life threatening injuries or illnesss may exist
Index of suspicion
A medical condition caused by the growth and spread of small, harmful, organisms within the body
Infectious disease
A virus that has crossed the animal/ human barrier and infected humans and that kills thousands of people every year
Influenza
Emergencies that are not caused by a outside force; illness or conditions
Medical emergencies
An Inflimation of the meningeal coverings of the brain and spinal cord; it is usually caused by a virus or bacterium
Meningitis
An inflammation of the meningeal coverings of the brain and spinal cord; can be highly contagious
Meningococcal meningitis
A bacterium that can cause infections in different parts of the body and is often resistant to commonly used antibiotics; it is transmitted by different routes including respiratory route and can be found on the skin in surgical wounds in the bloodstream, lungs, and urinary tract
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
The general type of illness a paitent is experiencing
Nature of illness
An outbreak that occurs on a global scale
Pandemic
Emergencies that are the result of physical forces applied to the body; injuries.
Trauma emergencies
A chronic bacterial disease, caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis, that usually affects the lungs but can also affect other organs such as the brain and kidneys; it is spread by cough and can lie dormant in a persons lungs of decades and then reactivate
Tuberculosis
The strength or ability of a pathogen to produce disease
Virulence
8 infectious diseases of concern for ems personnel
HIV, hepatitis b, meningitis, tb, H1N1, MERS-CoV, COVID 19, ebola
Three routes of infection for hepatitis
Fecal-oral, infected food or drink, sexual contact
