vocab med Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
AF | Atrial fibrilation |
NPo | Nothing by mouth |
NSR | normal sinus rhythm |
Axillary | armpit |
RBBB | right bundle branch block |
LAD | left axis deviation |
CCU | Coronary care unit, critical care unit. |
OR | Operating room |
Dyspnea | difficult or labored breathing. |
TPR | temperature, pulse, respiration. |
CAD | Cornonary Artery Disease |
SOB | shortness of breath |
angina | chest pain |
Hypothermia | slow or low body temperature. |
Myocardial Infarction | a heart attack, the death of muscle caused by complete blockage of coronary arteries. |
VT | ventricular tachycardia |
CPR | Cardiopulmonary resucitation |
ABP | arterial blood pressure |
palpitation | an unusually or abnormally rapid or violent beating of the heart. |
-itis | Inflammation |
phlebo | vein |
pneumo | lungs |
syncope | loss of consciousness resulting from insufficient blood to the brain. Loss of consciousnes caused by sudden fall of blood pressure or cardiac systole. also failure in anemia. |
Arteriostenosis | narrowing of the arteries |
Arrhythmia | abnormal heart rhythm, dysrhythmia. |
Anticoagulant | prevents from clotting |
paroxysmal | just occurs and dissappears |
Stenosis | narrowing condition |
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