Required blood volume for "Massive Hemothorax"? Correct Ans -
1500ml +
Intercostal Vasculature/Nerve location Correct Ans - Inferior to the rib
Miosis Correct Ans - Excessive constriction of the pupil of the eye
Bell's palsy Correct Ans - Type of facial paralysis that results in an
inability to control the facial muscles on the affected side.
Trauma Correct Ans - The acute physiologic and structural change that
occurs in a patient's body when an external source of energy dissipates faster
than the body's ability to sustain and dissipate it.
Secondary spinal cord injury: Correct Ans - Caused by progressive
swelling after the initial insult.
Traumatic Asphyxia Correct Ans - Severe, sudden crushing injury to
the chest and abdomen that leads to a backward flow of blood from the heart
into the vessels of the neck and head.
Beck's Triad Correct Ans - Findings of Pericardial Tamponade:
Hypotension, JVD, and muffled heart sounds
Decussate Correct Ans - Cross or form an X.
Hepatojugular Reflex Correct Ans - Compression of congested liver
produces JVD.
Trismus Correct Ans - Reduced opening of the jaws.
, Aldosterone Correct Ans - Influences the reabsorption of sodium and
excretion of potassium of the kidney, thereby indirectly influencing water
retention or loss, blood pressure and blood volume.
Rhonchi Correct Ans - Continuous low pitched rattling that often
resembles snoring.
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Correct Ans - A
systemic thrombohemorrhagic disorder that results in excessive coagulation
AND excessive fibrinolytic activation
Delta Wave Correct Ans - Rapid, slurred upslope to the R wave
immediately after the end of the P wave characteristic of WPW. (Short PRI)
Cor Pulmonale Correct Ans - Right sided heart failure secondary to
chronic lung disease
Cardiac Output Correct Ans - The amount of blood that is pumped out
by either ventricle per minute.
{ Stroke Volume (SV) } X { Heart rate} = Cardiac Output {CO}
Spina Bifida Correct Ans - Hereditary defect in which there is an
incomplete closing of the spine and the membranes around the spinal cord
during early development in pregnancy.
Absence seizure (Petit Mal) Correct Ans - A nonconvulsive generalized
seizure that is marked by the transient impairment or loss of consciousness
usually with a blank stare, that begins and ends abruptly and is usually
unremembered afterward.
Complex Partial Seizure Correct Ans - Affects a small area of the brain
and the patient is unconscious or unaware.
Simple Partial Seizure (Focal Seizure) Correct Ans - Affects a small
area of the brain and does not affect awareness.
Einthoven's Triangle Correct Ans - Triangle around the heart formed
by the bipolar limb leads
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