CRC - Vocab

Question 1

Abandonment

Answer 1

Ending care of a patient without that patients consent or without ensuring that someone with equal or greater training will continue that care.

Question 2

ABCs

Answer 2

Airway Breathing Circulation

Question 3

Abdomen

Answer 3

Below the ribs and above the pelvis

Question 4

AAA - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Answer 4

A rupturing of the abdominal aorta

Question 5

Abrasion

Answer 5

A wound characterized by skin that has been scraped or rubbed away

Question 6

Abruptio placentae

Answer 6

A partial or complete detachment of a normally implanted placenta at more than 20 weeks’ gestation

Question 7

Absorbed poison

Answer 7

A poison that enters the body through the skin or mucous membranes

Question 8

Abuse

Answer 8

Any behaviour or action that is used to scare, harm threaten, control, exploit or intimidate another person.

Question 9

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome - AIDS

Answer 9

A condition caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Question 10

Acute

Answer 10

Rapid and severe onset and then quickly subsiding

Question 11

Acute Mountain Sickness - AMS

Answer 11

One of 3 forms of high-altitude illness

Question 12

Acute myocardial ischia

Answer 12

An episode of chest pain due to reduced blood flow to the heart muscle

Question 13

Acute pulmonary edema

Answer 13

Fluid build up in the lungs

Question 14

Acute Respirator Distress Syndrome - ARDS

Answer 14

A serious lung disease that leads to an increase in the quantity of fluid between the alveolar membrane and the surrounding pulmonary capillaries. This decreases the amount of O2 being absorbed by blood cells.

Question 15

Adolescent

Answer 15

A person between 13 and 18 years of age

Question 16

Adult

Answer 16

A person who is past the onset of puberty

Question 17

Adverse effects

Answer 17

Side effects that cause problems in a patient. These are the effects you must watch for when administering medications such as nitroglycerin.

Question 18

Agonal respiration

Answer 18

Isolated or infrequent gasping in the absence of normal respiration. Can occur while a patient is in cardiac arrest.

Question 19

Airborne transmission

Answer 19

The transmission of a disease by inhaling infected airborne droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes.

Question 20

Airway

Answer 20

The pathway for air to travel from the mouth and nose to the lungs

Question 21

Altered mental status

Answer 21

A disturbance in a patients level of responsiveness, including confusion and delirium. Causes include injury, injection, poison, substance abuse, and fluid/elecrolyte imbalance.

Question 22

Alveoli

Answer 22

Small air sacs in the lungs where gasses are exchanged between the lungs and the blood

Question 23

Alzheimer’s Disease

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A progressive, degenerative disease that affects the brain, resulting in impaired memory, thinking and behaviour

Question 24

Amniotic Sac

Answer 24

A fluid filled sac that encloses and protects the developing fetus.

Question 25

Amputation

Answer 25

The complete or partial severing of a body part

Question 26

Anaphylaxis

Answer 26

A severe allergic reaction in which the air passages constrict and restrict the patient’s breathing

Question 27

Anatomical splint

Answer 27

A splint that uses an uninjured body part to immobilize an injured body part.

Question 28

Anatomical obstruction

Answer 28

A blockage of the airway by an anatomical structure, such as the tongue

Question 29

Anatomical position

Answer 29

the natural, neutral position of the body.

Question 30

Anatomy

Answer 30

The study of structures, including gross anatomy (structures that can be seen with the naked eye) and microscopic anatomy (structures seen under the microscope)

Question 31

Aneurysm

Answer 31

A condition in which the wall of an artery or veins weakens, balloons out and possibly ruptures.

Question 32

Angina

Answer 32

Chest Pain or pressure resulting from the heart needing more oxygen-rich blood than it is getting. Pain or pressure usually lasts less than 10 minutes. Also called Engine pectoris.

Question 33

Anterior

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Toward the front of the body.

Question 34

Antibodies

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A type of protein found in blood and other bodily fluids. used by the immune system to identify and neutralize pathogens, such as bacteria and viruses.

Question 35

Appendicitis

Answer 35

Acute inflammation of the appendix

Question 36

Arrhythmia

Answer 36

A disturbance in the conduction of electrical impulses within the heat. Also called Dysrhythmia

Question 37

Arteries

Answer 37

Large blood vessels that carry oxygen rich blood from the heart and lungs to the body.

Question 38

Arteriosclerosis

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A form of cardiovascular disease marked by a hardening and narrowing of the arteries in the heart and other body parts. Also called Antherosclerosis

Question 39

Arthritis

Answer 39

An inflammation of the joints causing pain and swelling

Question 40

Aspiration

Answer 40

Taking blood, vomit, saliva or other foreign material into the lungs.

Question 41

Assault

Answer 41

Abuse, either physical or sexual, resulting in injury and often emotional crisis

Question 42

Assisted ventilations

Answer 42

Artificially simulating normal respiration in a non-breathing patient (e.g. with a BVM)

Question 43

Asthma

Answer 43

A condition that narrows the air passages and makes breathing difficult

Question 44

Asystole

Answer 44

A type of life-threatening arrhythmia in which there is no electrical activity in the heart

Question 45

Atria

Answer 45

The upper chambers of the heart