Final Flashcards
The positions and movements used to maintain proper posture and avoid muscle and bone injuries
Body mechanics
A disease-producing microorganism
Pathogens
Solutions that are applied directly to skin and prevent or slow the growth of pathogens
Antiseptic
A process that uses strong chemicals such as bleach solution and zephirin to kill pathogens
Disinfection
A process used to kill microbes and their spores. Methods include autoclave, chemicals, radiation, and gas
Sterilization
The maintenance of a sterile field or environment; to remain sterile, only sterile objects can come in contact with other sterile objects
Surgical asepsis
The initial help and care given to a sick or injured person
First aid
The first step in offering first aid. This consists of evaluating a clients responsiveness
Initial assessment
Comes right after the initial assessment, check the clients head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, legs, arms, and portions of the back
Focused examination
When the heart muscle is deprived of oxygen-rich blood and nutrients
Heart attack
Lack of blood supply to the brain
Stroke
Most serious, spurting, least likely to clot
Arterial bleeding
Flows steadily or even gushes, easier to clot
Venous bleeding
Most common type of bleeding, oozes when injured, bright red
Capillary red
Occurs when little oxygen and nutrients reach the body’s cells, tissues and organs
Shock
A jagged, irregular year of the skin
Laceration
A cut from a knife, glass, or sharp rock
Incision
Wound to outer layer of the skin that causes little bleeding
Abrasion
The immediate temporary care given to a person that has become sick or injured
First aid
A disease of the nervous system that could cause madness and death
Rabies
Involves the top layer of skin (sunburn)
1st degree burn
Destroys all layers of skin, nerves, muscle, fat, and bones. Burn looks brown or black
3rd degree burn
Ice crystals form in the spaces between the cells and skin loses color and becomes insensitive
Frostbite
Tissue separates from the body
Skin avulsion
A wound that is caused by an object piercing the skin
Puncture
Substance, solid, liquid, or gas that causes illness, injury or death even introduced to the body
Poison
Failure of the system to keep adequate blood circulating to the vital organs of the body
Shock
Stretching or tearing of ligaments that hold bone together
Sprain
Involves the top layer, skin will blister and appear blotchy
2nd degree burn
A temporary loss of consciousness, caused by reduce blood supply to the brain
Fainting
Death of tissue, that comes from frostbite that is untreated
Gangrene
Excess protein in urine
Albuminuria
Separating particles from fluid by filtering through a semipermeable membrane
Dialysis
Painful or difficult urine
Dysuria
Presence of blood in urine
Hematuria
Urination
Micturition
Passage of large amount of urine in a given time
Polyuria
Tubes that move urine from the kidney to the bladder
Ureter
Discharge or passage of urine
Urination
Complete suppression of urine
Anuria
Increased excretion of urine
Diuresis
Presence of sugar in urine
Glycosuria
Basic structural unit of the urinary system
Kidney
Excretion of diminished amount of urine in relation to fluid intake
Oliguria
Pus in urine
Pyuria
Physical, chemical or microscopic examination of urine
Urinalysis
To empty
Void
An-
No, not, without
-ac, -al, -tic, -ic, -ary
Pertaining to
Ante-
Before, in front of
Arter/o
Artery
Circulat/o
Circulate, go around in a circle
Coagul/o, coagulat/o
Clotting, coagulation
Dilat/o, -dilation
Widening, stretching, expanding
-emia
Blood, blood condition
Fibrin/o
Fibrin, fibers, thread of a clot
