Chapter 19: Vocabulary Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

Hemorrhage

A

An abnormal internal or external discharge of blood

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Shock

A

A state of inadequate tissue perfusion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Clotting

A

The body’s three-step response to stop the loss of blood

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Vascular phase

A

The step in the clotting process in which smooth blood vessel muscle contracts, reducing the vessel lumen and the flow of blood through it.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Platelet phase

A

Second step in the clotting process in which platelets adhere to blood vessel walls and to each other.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Aggregate

A

To cluster or come together

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Fibrin

A

Protein fibers that trap red blood cells as part of the clotting process

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Lactic acid

A

Compound produced from pyretic acid during anaerobic glycolyis

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Anaerobic

A

Able to live without oxygen

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Fascia

A

A fibrous membrane that covers, supports, and separates muscles and may also unite the skin with underlying tissue

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Hematoma

A

Collection of blood beneath the skin or trapped within a body compartment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Esophageal varices

A

Enlarged and tortuous esophageal veins

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Melena

A

Black, tar like feces due to gastrointestinal bleeding

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Anemia

A

A reduction in the hemoglobin content in the blood to a point below that required to meet the oxygen requirements of the body.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Pulse pressure

A

Difference between the systolic and diastolic blood pressures

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Catecholamine

A

A hormone, such as epinephrine or norepinephrine, that strongly affects the nervous and cardiovascular systems, metabolic rate, temperature, and smooth muscle

17
Q

Hematochezia

A

Passage of stools containing red blood

18
Q

Orthostatic Hypotension

A

A decrease in blood press that occurs when a person moves from a supine or sitting to an upright position

19
Q

Tilt test

A

Drop in the systolic blood pressure of 20 mmHg or an increase in the pulse rate of 20 beats per minuted when a patient is moved from a supine to a sitting position; a finding suggestive of a relative hypovolemia

20
Q

Metabolism

A

The total changes that take place in an organism during physiological process

21
Q

Ischemia

A

A blockage in the delivery or oxygenated blood to the cells

22
Q

Hydrostate pressure

A

There pressure of the liquids in equilibrium: the press exerted by or within liquids

23
Q

Rouleaux

A

Group of red blood cells that are stuck together

24
Q

Washout

A

Release of accumulated lactic acid, carbon dioxide (carbonic acid) potassium, and rouleaux into the venous circulation

25
Q

Compensated shock

A

Hemodynamic insult to the body in which the body responds effectively. Signs and symptoms are limited, and the human system functions normally.

26
Q

Overdrive Respiration

A

Positive-pressure ventilation supplied to a breathing patient

27
Q

Pneumatic anti-shock garment

A

Garment designed to produce uniform press on the lower extremities and abdomen; used with shock and hemorrhage patients in some EMS systems