Chapter 8-Emergency Care, First Aid, and Disasters

Question 1

abdominal thrusts

Answer 1

a method of attempting to remove an object from the airway of someone who is choking

Question 2

cardiac arrest

Answer 2

sudden stopping/cessation of the heartbeat

Question 3

code team

Answer 3

group of people chosen for a particular shift to respond to resident emergencies

Question 4

CPR

Answer 4

abbreviation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation; medical procedures used when a person’s heart and lungs have stopped working

Question 5

diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)

Answer 5

a life-threatening complication of diabetes that can result from undiagnosed diabetes, infection, not enough insulin, hyperglycemia (high blood sugar), eating too much, not getting enough exercise, and stress

Question 6

emesis

Answer 6

the act of vomiting, or ejecting stomach contents through the mouth and/or nose

Question 7

epistaxis

Answer 7

a nosebleed

Question 8

expressive aphasisa

Answer 8

difficulty communicating through speech or writing

Question 9

first aid

Answer 9

care given to an injured person by the first people to respond to an emergency

Question 10

hemiparesis

Answer 10

weakness on one side of the body

Question 11

hemiplegia

Answer 11

paralysis of one side of the body

Question 12

hemorrhage

Answer 12

bleeding, blood loss

Question 13

hyperglycemia

Answer 13

high blood glucose (blood sugar)

Question 14

hypoglycemia

Answer 14

low blood glucose (blood sugar), also known as insulin reaction or insulin shock

Question 15

insulin reaction

Answer 15

a life-threatening complication of diabetes that can result from either too much insulin or too little food; also known as hypoglycemia or insulin shock

Question 16

myocardial infarction (MI)

Answer 16

a condition in which blood flow to the heart is blocked and muscle cells die; also called a heart attack

Question 17

obstructed airway

Answer 17

a condition in which the tube through which air enters the lungs is blocked

Question 18

receptive aphasia

Answer 18

difficulty understanding spoken or written words

Question 19

respiratory arrest

Answer 19

stopping/cessation of breathing

Question 20

shock

Answer 20

a condition that occurs when there is a creased blood flow to organs and tissues

Question 21

syncope

Answer 21

temporary loss of consciousness called fainting