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Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured
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Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured
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1. all, entire

2. to shock a fibrillating (chaotically beating) heart with specialized electric current in an attempt to restore a normal, rhythmic beat

3. alert and oriented to person, place, time, and self

4. crackling, rattling breath sounds signaling fluid in the air spaces of the lungs; formerly called rales

5. a disorder of the brain in which brain cells temporarily stop functioning because of insufficient oxygen, causing stroke-like symptoms that resolve completely within 24 hours of onset

6. the product of mass, gravity, and height, which is converted into kinetic energy and results in injury, such as from a fall

7. vessel

8. CP

9. to puncture (a body cavity)

10. surgical removal of

11. a sexually transmitted disease caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae

12. a method of ventilation used primarily in the treatment of critically ill patients with respiratory distress; can prevent the need for endotracheal intubation

13. potions of the nervous system that, when stimulated, can cause an increase in the force of contraction of the heart, an increased heart rate, and bronchial dilation

14. abdomen

15. dressings made of petroleum (Vaseline) gauze, aluminum foil, or plastic that prevent air and liquids from entering or exiting a wound

16. embryo

17. an umbilical cord that is wrapped around the fetus's neck

18. EKG

19. four

20. atrial fibrillation

21. a joint that allows internal and external rotation, as well as bending

22. reactive airway disease / right axis deviation

23. the relaxation, or period of relaxation, of the heart, especially of the ventricles

24. pediatric

25. immediately