Chapter 25 Flashcards
Arterial air embolism
Air bubbles in the arterial blood vessels
Blunt Trauma
An impact on the body by objects that cause injury without penetrating soft tissue
Cavitation
a phenomenon in which speed causes a bullet to generate pressure waves which cause damage distant from the bullets path
Coup-contrecoup brain injury
A brain injury that occurs when force is applied to the head and energy is transmission through brain tissue causes injury
deceleration
the slowing of an object
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score
An evaluation tool used to determine level of consciousness
index of suspicion
awareness that unseen life threatening injuries
kinetic energy
the energy of a moving object
mechanism of injury
the forces of energy transmissions applied to the body
Medical emergencies
Emergencies that require EMS
Multisystem Truma
Trauma that affects more then one body system
Penetrating trauma
Injury caused by objects such as knives and bullets
