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Navarro EMT 39

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Term
Definition
acute   with rapid onset  
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Ageism   stereotyping or discrimination against old people  
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Alzheimer disease   older people start to forget things  
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Arteriosclerosis   Loss of elasticity of the veins  
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Aspiration Pneumonia   inflammation of the lungs caused by a foreign matter  
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Cardiac Hypertrophy   increase the size of the heart from a thickness of the wall  
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Chronic   Long term disease  
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COPD   term for pulomonary disease  
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Congestive heart failure   Heart disease where it cant pump blood anymore  
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Delirium   sudden onset of altered mental status  
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Dementia   Chronic condition resulting in the malfunctioning of the cerebral process  
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Drug Toxicity   An adverse or toxic reaction to drugs  
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Dysrhythmias   Irregular contractions of the myocardium secondary to electrical disturbances in the heart  
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Hyperthermia   The body temperature is above 37 (98.6)  
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Hypothermia   The body temp below 37 98.6  
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Intracranial pressure   The pressure inside the skull  
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Kyphosis   abnormal curve in the spine  
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Neuropathy   any disease of the nerves  
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Osteporosis   A degenerative bone disorder associated with the loss of minerals  
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Pneumonia   Infection of the lungs  
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Pulmonary Edema   fluid in and around the alveoli  
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Pulmonary Embolism   Blockage in the pulmonary arteries  
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Seizure   A sudden and temporary altered mental status  
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Silent Heart Attack   Myocardial infarction that does not cause chest pain  
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Stenosis   Constriction or narrowing of a passage way  
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Stroke   A sudden stoppage of blood flow to the heart  
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Syncope   A brief period of unresponsiveness  
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Transient Ischemic Attack   ????  
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