Acidosis - an acid condition of the body - can occur with decreased ventilations - not enough carbon
dioxide is eliminated. With water, CO2 becomes carbonic acid.
Alkalosis - an alkaline condition of the body - can occur with hyperventilation - blowing off too much
carbon dioxide
Adjuncts - things that help - so oxygen assist in the delivery of oxygen
Agitation - an emotional state of being restless, anxious, nervous
Aggravation - an emotional state of being angry, or extremely unhappy about something
Algorithm - an illustrative method to summarize assessment and treatment information. Memory aids.
Antecubital - pertaining to the front of the elbow - a place to start an IV
Arthritis - an inflammation of the joints
Aspirate - to suck into
Atrophy - a wasting of tissue - when leg is not in use it wastes away
Bifurcate - to split in two - the trachea bifurcates at the carina into two main stem bronchi
Blunt trauma - an injury that was caused by a blunt object - no break in the skin
Child - pediatrics- a child is over 1 year old but less than 14
, Compromise - to make worse - compromised airway
Contraindicated - a condition that renders a treatment improper or undesirable
Copious - large amounts
Dermatology - the study of the skin
Ectopic - out of the ordinary (pregnancy, pacemaker, beats)
Edema - swelling of tissue due to excessive fluid in the area
Electrodes - the "leads" placed on a patient's chest for ECG
Embolus - a lump of something traveling through the blood vessel (air, fat from a fracture or blood clot)
Emphysema - means trapped air - a chronic respiratory disease that involves trapping air
Epistaxis - medical term for nosebleed
Epidemiology - the study of the distribution of illness & injury across a population and the applying this
knowledge to help control disease
Etiology - the study of the cause of a disease
Evisceration - an open wound where internal organs are visible on the outside such as an abdominal
evisceration
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