Question | Answer |
arterial blood gases ABGs | to monitor bllod oxygen levels |
autoimmune system | a person that has a low immune system cannot fight off diseases |
entercolitis | inflammation if the small intestine and colon |
golden hour | getting to a trauma patient within the first hour to treat them. |
hypothermia | PH below normal. an abnormal increase in hydrogen ion concentration that results of accumulation of acid in the body. |
kinematics | when you dont know much about a trauma patient, you can tell by the force on the body. (action and effects) |
pneumothorax | when the plural cavity are recieving abnormal air |
revised trauma score | scoring the severity of the trauma to a patient |
septic shock | when a person is overcomed by pathogenic microorganisms and cant fight the infection, the is caused by septicemia |
septicemia | the invasion of pathogenic bacteria in the blood stream |
splenectomy | removal of the spleen |
slpenomegaly | enlargement of the spleen |
torticollis | a contracted state of muscle. if not regognized in time, surgery is needed |
venous compression device | compression boots to make movement of venus blood |
at what age does vital signs of children reach adult norm? | age 4 |
glasgow coma scale | taking BP and temps of trauma patients and putting them on a scale |
autoimmune dieseases | attack own tissue. multiple sclerosis, lupus erythematosus, or rheumatoid arthritis |
blunt trauma | results from forces such as decleration, acceleration, compression, shearing, and breaks in the integrity of the skin are often not present. examples, vechile accident, fall, assault with fist. |
penetrating trauma | foriegn object passing through the tissue |
complications after gastric surgery | abdominal catastrophes, internel hernia, and acute gastric distention |
appropriate urine output | 1-2 ml/kg/hr |