CRC - Vocab Flashcards
Abandonment
Ending care of a patient without that patients consent or without ensuring that someone with equal or greater training will continue that care.
ABCs
Airway Breathing Circulation
Abdomen
Below the ribs and above the pelvis
AAA - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
A rupturing of the abdominal aorta
Abrasion
A wound characterized by skin that has been scraped or rubbed away
Abruptio placentae
A partial or complete detachment of a normally implanted placenta at more than 20 weeks’ gestation
Absorbed poison
A poison that enters the body through the skin or mucous membranes
Abuse
Any behaviour or action that is used to scare, harm threaten, control, exploit or intimidate another person.
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome - AIDS
A condition caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Acute
Rapid and severe onset and then quickly subsiding
Acute Mountain Sickness - AMS
One of 3 forms of high-altitude illness
Acute myocardial ischia
An episode of chest pain due to reduced blood flow to the heart muscle
Acute pulmonary edema
Fluid build up in the lungs
Acute Respirator Distress Syndrome - ARDS
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.
Adolescent
A person between 13 and 18 years of age
Adult
A person who is past the onset of puberty
Adverse effects
Side effects that cause problems in a patient. These are the effects you must watch for when administering medications such as nitroglycerin.
Agonal respiration
Isolated or infrequent gasping in the absence of normal respiration. Can occur while a patient is in cardiac arrest.
Airborne transmission
The transmission of a disease by inhaling infected airborne droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
Airway
The pathway for air to travel from the mouth and nose to the lungs
Altered mental status
A disturbance in a patients level of responsiveness, including confusion and delirium. Causes include injury, injection, poison, substance abuse, and fluid/elecrolyte imbalance.
Alveoli
Small air sacs in the lungs where gasses are exchanged between the lungs and the blood
Alzheimer’s Disease
A progressive, degenerative disease that affects the brain, resulting in impaired memory, thinking and behaviour
Amniotic Sac
A fluid filled sac that encloses and protects the developing fetus.
Amputation
The complete or partial severing of a body part
Anaphylaxis
A severe allergic reaction in which the air passages constrict and restrict the patient’s breathing
Anatomical splint
A splint that uses an uninjured body part to immobilize an injured body part.
Anatomical obstruction
A blockage of the airway by an anatomical structure, such as the tongue
Anatomical position
the natural, neutral position of the body.
Anatomy
The study of structures, including gross anatomy (structures that can be seen with the naked eye) and microscopic anatomy (structures seen under the microscope)
Aneurysm
A condition in which the wall of an artery or veins weakens, balloons out and possibly ruptures.
Angina
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.
Anterior
Toward the front of the body.
Antibodies
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.
Appendicitis
Acute inflammation of the appendix
Arrhythmia
A disturbance in the conduction of electrical impulses within the heat. Also called Dysrhythmia
Arteries
Large blood vessels that carry oxygen rich blood from the heart and lungs to the body.
Arteriosclerosis
A form of cardiovascular disease marked by a hardening and narrowing of the arteries in the heart and other body parts. Also called Antherosclerosis
Arthritis
An inflammation of the joints causing pain and swelling
Aspiration
Taking blood, vomit, saliva or other foreign material into the lungs.
Assault
Abuse, either physical or sexual, resulting in injury and often emotional crisis
Assisted ventilations
Artificially simulating normal respiration in a non-breathing patient (e.g. with a BVM)
Asthma
A condition that narrows the air passages and makes breathing difficult
Asystole
A type of life-threatening arrhythmia in which there is no electrical activity in the heart
Atria
The upper chambers of the heart
