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Chapter 15 Vocabular
Chapter 15 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anaphylactic Shock | results from dialated and leaking veins caused by a severe allergic reaction |
| Asystole | Heart rhythm indicating absence of any electrical???????? |
| Automated External Defibrillator | A device that can analiye the electrical activity or rhythm of the patients heart and deliver a electrical shock |
| Burn Shock | A form of nonhemorrhagic hypovolemic shock resulting a burn injury |
| Cardiac Arrest | The cessation of cardiac function with the patient displaying no pulse |
| Cardiogenic Shock | poor perfusion resulting from an ineffective pump function of the heart |
| Chain of survival | ???????? |
| Compensatory shock | This stage of shock where the body increases everything to maintain BP |
| Decompensatory Shock | an advanced stage of shock where the body c an no longer keep the BP |
| Defibrillation | Electrical shock through the patient so the heart is on rythm |
| Distributive Shock | Shock caused by the decrease volume in they system (massive systemic vasoldilation) |
| Downtime | The time from when the patient goes into cardiac arrest and when the EMS arrives |
| Hemorrahagic hypovolemic shock | Shock from the loss of whole blood from the intravascular space |
| Hypoperfusion | see shock |
| Hypovolemic Shock | Shock cause by losing blood in the intravascular space resulting in low blood volume |
| neurogenic shock | Shock caused by massive vasodilation |
| nonhemorrahagic hypovolemic shock | Shock caused by the loss of fluid with hemoglobin cells still having 02 |
| Obstructive Shock | A poor perfusion rate resulting from a condition that obstructs blood flow |
| Pulseless Electrical Activity | Regular shock and poor perfusion due to heart failure |
| Resuscitation | Bring a patient back from a potentail death |
| Return of Spontanous Circulation | return of a spontaneous pulse during cardiac resuscitation |
| Septic Shock | Type of distributive shock caused by infection |
| Shock | the insufficient delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the body |
| Suden Death | Death of a patient within one hour or symptons |
| Survival | Term applied to a patient who survived a cardia aresst |
| Total downtime | Patient is in cardia arrest to the hospital |
| Unwitnessed Cardia Arrest | Patient is already in cardiac arrest when EMS show up |
| Ventricular tachycardia | Rapid heart rate that may produce a pulse |
| Witnessed Cardiac Arrest | Patient has a cardiac arrest when EMS is there |
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