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1
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What is escoriation?

A

Abrading and wearing of skin

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What is hypertension

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High Blood pressure >135/80

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What is Hypotension

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Low blood Pressure <100/60 bpm

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What is tachycardia

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Heart rate >100 bpm

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5
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Dyspnoea

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Difficult painful breaathing

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Apnoea

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no breathing

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Chenyne stoking

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abnormal - rattling phelm, doesn’t upset patient, end of life

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Hyperventilation

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rapid breathing

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brady cardia

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slow heart rate <60 bpm

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10
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thrombocytes

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platelets

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fibrinogen

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proteins in blood to create fibrin strands

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anaemia

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faecal

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bronchial

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dispoenia

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opthalmoscope

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phlebitis

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rhinorrheea

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bicuspid

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polycythaemia

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too many red blood cells

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anaerobic

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aseptic

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sterile

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bronchitis

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diarrhea

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phalanges

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pnuemonia

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pteryguim

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sphygmomanometer

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sphygmo (plasma) manometer- blood pressure machine

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ptosis

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abduction

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adduction

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ileum

A

lowest part of bowel

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ilium

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part of hip bone

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Plueral

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pertaining to the lungs

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ureter

A

tube takes uriine from kidney

36
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cardiomyopathy

A

disease of heart muscle

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hepatitus

A

disease of liver

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hysterosalpingogram

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hystero (uterus) salpingo (uterus) imaging procedure used in fertility treatment

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types of tissue

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epithelial, connective, muscle, nerve

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prone

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supine

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distal

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proximal

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lateral

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medial

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cystosis

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hemolysis

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aspiration

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brady cardia

A

slow heart rate <60 bpm

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haemoptysis

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coughing up blood from respiratory tract

52
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pulmonary oedema

A

accumulation of fluid in lungs, often linked to heart failure

53
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stridor

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high pitched whistling, breathing sound cused by obstruction

54
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plural tap

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insertion of needle through chest wall to withdrawal air, fluid or blood

55
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sepsis

A

bacterial infection in blood stream

56
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Phelbitis

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inflammation of vein

57
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cyanosis

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blue colouration of skin and mucous membranes due to lack of oxygen

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embolus

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a clot that has moved

60
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What is oligura

A

Decrease in amount of urine excreted in a day to below 500 ml

61
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Chyme

A

Food in stomach

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