Nursing/EMT Vocab Review

An acute illness is one that

• lasts a lifetime

• lasts a short time

• makes you sneeze a lot

• causes your nose to bleed

An illness that lasts a lifetime is considered to be

• acute

• malignant

• awful

• chronic

When a surgeon is making an INCISION they are doing this

• an organ transplant

• making a cut

• draining a wound

• putting in stitches

C.P.R is performed by doing chest compressions and breaths using this ratio

• 2 breaths

  30 compressions

• 5 breaths

  30 compressions

• 2 breaths

  20 compressions

• no breaths

  25 compressions

When you fall and scrape your hands on the ground you have

• a laceration

• an incision

• a penetrating wound

• an abrasion

Cardiac arrest is when

• the heart is irregular

• you have a heart attack

• you have a brain bleed

• your heart stops beating

High blood pressure is also known as

• hypertension

• edema

• apnea

• hypotension

Triage is when and EMT/Paramedic work together to

• start someone's heart back

• put multiple patients in order of care

• put a tube in someone's chest

• put a tube in someone's throat

Extremities are

• eyes and nose

• fingers and toes

• head and spine

• arms and legs

A heart beat of more than 100 beats per minute would be considered

• bradycardia

• apnea

• hypertension

• tachycardia