EMT V-Z's Flashcards
vancomycin-resistant enterococci
bacteria in female repro tract
vascoconstriction
narrowing of blood vessels
vasoocclusive crisis
ischemia and pain caused by sickle shaped RBC’s
veins
blood from tissues to heart
ventral
anterior
ventricle
lower chambers of heart
ventricular fibrillation (V-FIB)
quivering of the ventricles
ventricuclar tachycardia (V-TAC)
rapid heart rythem where electrical is in the ventricle
venules
small thin walled blood vessels
vernix caseosa
white, cheesey that covers fetus
verebreal column
spine, 33 vertebrae
vertex presentation
baby head first
vesicular breath sounds
normal breath
viral hemorrhagic fevers
virus that causes blood to seep out of tissue and vessles
virulence
strength of a pathogen