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Chapter 39 Vocab
Navarro EMT 39
Term | Definition |
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acute | with rapid onset |
Ageism | stereotyping or discrimination against old people |
Alzheimer disease | older people start to forget things |
Arteriosclerosis | Loss of elasticity of the veins |
Aspiration Pneumonia | inflammation of the lungs caused by a foreign matter |
Cardiac Hypertrophy | increase the size of the heart from a thickness of the wall |
Chronic | Long term disease |
COPD | term for pulomonary disease |
Congestive heart failure | Heart disease where it cant pump blood anymore |
Delirium | sudden onset of altered mental status |
Dementia | Chronic condition resulting in the malfunctioning of the cerebral process |
Drug Toxicity | An adverse or toxic reaction to drugs |
Dysrhythmias | Irregular contractions of the myocardium secondary to electrical disturbances in the heart |
Hyperthermia | The body temperature is above 37 (98.6) |
Hypothermia | The body temp below 37 98.6 |
Intracranial pressure | The pressure inside the skull |
Kyphosis | abnormal curve in the spine |
Neuropathy | any disease of the nerves |
Osteporosis | A degenerative bone disorder associated with the loss of minerals |
Pneumonia | Infection of the lungs |
Pulmonary Edema | fluid in and around the alveoli |
Pulmonary Embolism | Blockage in the pulmonary arteries |
Seizure | A sudden and temporary altered mental status |
Silent Heart Attack | Myocardial infarction that does not cause chest pain |
Stenosis | Constriction or narrowing of a passage way |
Stroke | A sudden stoppage of blood flow to the heart |
Syncope | A brief period of unresponsiveness |
Transient Ischemic Attack | ???? |