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Trauma Team Vocab
Words from the Trauma Center/Trauma Team video games
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A lack of oxygen or excess of carbon dioxide, which leads to internal bleeding and unconsciousness | Asphyxiation |
| A portable device used to regulate heart rhythm in patients who are undergoing cardiac arrest | AED/ Automated External Defibrillator |
| An abnormal blood-filled dilatation of a blood vessel, due to disease of the outer wall | Aneurysm |
| Bracchium | Arm |
| Loss of normal circulation of the blood, due to failure of the heart to contract effectively | Cardiac Arrest |
| Cardia | Heart |
| Cheir | Hand |
| A tubular surgical instrument used to visualize the inside of hollow organs | Endoscope |
| The outer layer of an internal organ of the animal body | Epidermis |
| The device that shows patients heartbeat/ heart rhythm | EKG/Electrocardiograph |
| When the heart (specifically the arteries) convulses and twitches irregularly, resulting in a lack of sync between heartbeat and pulse | Fibrillation |
| When the vitals of a person reach 0 they are _________ | Flatlining |
| The study of both medicine and law as one | Forensic Medicine |
| Another word for bleed/blood/bleeding/etc. | Hemorrhage/Hemorrhaging |
| The procedure to stop external bleeding | Hemostasis |
| A drug used to prevent antiviral disease outbreak | Immunoglobulin |
| Swelling | Inflammation |
| Yellowish eyes also known as ______ | Jaundice |
| Another word for cut/wound/etc. | Laceration |
| A layer of tissue or organ | Membrane |
| Onyx | Claw |
| Ops | Eye |
| An implanted device used to maintain a steady heartbeat | Pacemaker |
| Causative agent (Like a bacteria or virus) of a disease | Pathogen |
| To remove by excision with a scalpel | Excise |
| The procedure most-often used to excise a tumor | The Powell-Procedure |
| When you massage the heart of a patient undergoing cardiac arrest you are trying to _______________ them | Resuscitate/Resuscitation |
| A substance used medically because of it's chemical activity | A Reagent |
| An opening made with a scalpel | Incision |
| The tool used to close an incision | Sutures |
| A drug used to stabilize vitals | Stabilizer |
| Another word for spit/saliva | Sputum |
| Something that is produced by biochemical synthesis | Synthetic Ex. Synthetic Membrane |
| Rapid heart rate | Tachycardia |
| A break in internal skin with loss of tissue | Ulcer |
| An agent that initiates vasoconstriction | Vasoconstrictor |
| Bent out of shape, as in a bone | Warped |
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