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EMT Terms Ch. 14 Fill In The Blanks

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Question: Acute Coronary (ACS) Answer: a group of signs and symptoms resulting from any of a of conditions that can affect the heart in which the coronary arteries are narrowed or occluded by fat deposits, clots, or spasm.
Question: AortaAnswer: the artery from the heart.
Question: Answer: the smallest branch of an artery, which at its end leads into a capillary.
Question: ArteryAnswer: blood vessel that carries blood away from the .
Question: AsystoleAnswer: a heart rhythm indication absence of any activity in the heart, also known as flatline.
Question: Answer: the two upper chambers of the
Question: Automated Defibrillator (AED)Answer: a device that can analyze the electrical activity or rhythm of a patient's heart and deliver an electrical shock (defibrillation) if .
Question: AutomaticityAnswer: the ability of cells within the cardiac conduction to generate a cardiac impulse on their own.
Question: Blood Answer: the force exerted by the blood on the walls of the blood vessels.
Question: Capillary Answer: tiny blood vessel connecting arerioles to venules, site of gas and exchange
Question: Cardiac Answer: the cessation of cardiac with the patient displaying no pulse, no breathing and unresponsiveness.
Question: Cardiac Answer: reduced heart function caused by any of a variety of , diseases, or injuries affecting the heart.
Question: Cardiac Conduction Answer: the specialized contractile and conductive tissue of the heart that generates electrical impulses and causes the to beat. Also called the coronary conduction system.
Question: Of Survival Answer: term used by the American Association for the series of four interventions-early access, early CPR, early defibrillation, and early ACLS-that provides the best chance for successful resuscitation of a cardiac arrest victim.
Question: Circulatory Answer: system composed of the heart and blood vessels that brings oxygen and nutrients to and takes wastes away from body cells. Also the cardiovascular system.
Question: ArteriesAnswer: network of arteries supplying the heart with .
Question: DefibrillationAnswer: electrical shock or current delivered to the heart through the patient's chest wall to help the restore a normal rhythm
Question: HeartAnswer: the organ that contracts to force blood into circulation through the body.
Question: HypoperfusionAnswer: the insufficient supply of oxygen and other nutrients to some of the body's that results from inadequate circulation of blood. Also called shock.
Question: Answer: medication that dilates the blood vessels, increasing blood flow and decreasing the workload of the heart; often prescribed for with a history of chest pain
Question: Answer: the delivery of oxygen and other nutrients to the cells of all organ systems, which results from the constant adequate circulation of through the capillaries
Question: ArteryAnswer: vessel carrying oxygen-depleted blood from the heart's right ventricle to the .
Question: Pulmonary Answer: vessel carrying oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the .
Question: Pulseless Electrical (PEA) Answer: a condition in which the heart generates relatively normal electrical rhythms but fails to perfuse the body adequately of a decreased or absent cardiac output from cardiac muscle failure or blood loss.
Question: ShockAnswer: see
Question: Answer: vessel that blood toward the heart.
Question: Cavae Answer: the two major veins that carry oxygen-depleted back to the heart: superior venae cavae from the upper body, inferior venae cavae from the lower body.
Question: ventriclesAnswer: the two lower chambers of the
Question: Ventricular (VF or V-Fib) Answer: a continuous, uncoordinated, rhythm that does not produce pulses.
Question: Tachycardia (VT or V-Tach)Answer: a very rapid heart rhythm that may or may not a pulse and is generally too fast to adequately perfuse the body's organs.
Question: Answer: vein, leading from a capillary.
 
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