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Chapter 51 Flashcards

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AED

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Automated external defibrillator

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AHA

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American Heart Association

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BLS

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Basic Life Support

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CPR

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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EMS

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Emergency medical services

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RRT

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rapid response team

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SCA

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Sudden Cardiac Arrest

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VF

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Ventricular fibrillation

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V-fib

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Ventricular fibrillation

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Anaphylaxis

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A life threatening sensitivity to an antigen- symptoms include sweating, short breath, irregular pulse, respiratory congestion, low BP, and dyspnea

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Cardiac arrest or sudden cardiac arrest (SCA)

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The heart stops suddenly without warning

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Convulsing or seizure

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Violent sudden contractions or tremors of muscle groups.

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Fainting

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The sudden loss of consciousness from an inadequate blood supply to the brain

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First aid

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Emergency care given to an ill or injured person before medical help arrives

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Hemorrhage

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The excessive loss of blood in a short time

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Respiratory arrest

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Breathing stops but heart action continues for several minutes; causes include drowning, stroke, choking, suffocation, coma, heart attack, smoke inhalation

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Shock

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Results when tissues and organs do not get enough blood symptoms include low bp, rapid respiration, thirst, restlessness, cold & moist skin, paleness, low pulse. Keep this person lying down and open airway

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Epilepsy

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nerve cells signal abnormally, can be caused by poor nutrition, tumors, infection, stroke, etc.

19
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Partial seizure

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one part of brain involved

20
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Generalized tonic-clonic seizure

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person loses consciousness then the muscles contract

21
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Generalized absence seizure

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loss of contentious and twitching of eyelids and staring

22
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Superficial burn

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epidermis only

23
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partial thickness burn

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epidermis and part of the dermis. Nerve endings exposed.

24
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full thickness burn

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entire epidermis and dermis. not painful because nerve endings are destroyed

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