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Resuscitation
Term | Definition |
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Advanced Life Support | procedures such as inserting an endotracheal tube and administering supplemental oxygen. |
Asystole | absence of heart rhythm. |
Automated External Defibrillator | device that delivers an electrical charge to the heart. |
Cardiac Arrest | cessation of heart contraction or life-sustaining heart rhythm. |
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation | techniques used to restore circulation and breathing for lifeless victims. |
Chain of Survival | immediate recognition and access of emergency services, early CPR(compressions focused), rapid defibrillation if needed, effective ALS and intergrated post cardiac arrest care. |
Code | summoning personnel to administer advanced life support techniques. |
Complete Airway Obstruction | inability to ventilate. |
Head-tilt/chin-lift technique | preferred method for opening the airway. |
Heimlich Maneuver | method for removing a mechanical airway obstruction. |
Jaw-Thrust Maneuver | alternative method for opening the airway. |
Partial Airway Obstruction | condition in which some air is being exchanged and the person can speak or cough. |
Recovery Position | side-lying position that helps to maintain an open airway and prevent aspiration of liquids. |
Rescue Breathing | process of ventilating a non-breathing victim's lungs. |
Resuscitation Team | group of people trained and certified in advanced cardiac life support techniques. |
Subdiaphragmatic Thrust | pressure to the abdomen. |
Ventricular Fibrillation | life-threatening dysrhythmia in which the heart muscle quivers and cannot contract sufficiently to circulate blood. |