Chapter 4 Communication Challenges Flashcards

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Airway

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The natural passage way for airtime enter into the lung

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Anxiety

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Unease or worry, often about a situation of condition

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Artificial airway

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Any tube inserted into the respiratory track for the purpose of maintaining an air way and facilitating ventilation

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Coma

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State of unconsciousness in which a person is unable to respond to any change in the environment including pain

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Combative

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Violent or hostile

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Confusion

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The inability to think clearly and logically

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Defense mechanisms

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Unconscious behavior used to release tension and/or help a person cope with stress

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Dyspnea

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Difficulty breathing

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Impairment

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A partial or complete loss of function or ability

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Major depressive disorder

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An illness that causes social withdrawal lack of energy and loss of interest in activities as well as other symptoms

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Masturbation

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To touch or rub sexual organs in order to give oneself or another person sexual pleasure

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Traceostormy

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Surgically created opening through the neck into the trachea

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13
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Ventilation

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In medicine the exchange of air between the lungs and the environment

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