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| a medical process involving the rapid administration of large volumes of an osmotically balanced polyethylene glycol solution, either orally or via a nasogastric tube, to flush out the entire gastrointestinal tract. |
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| a toxic syndrome; any illness induced by a toxin |
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| the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities greater than are recommended or generally practiced |
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| a serious alcohol-withdrawal syndrome observed in persons who stop drinking alcohol following continuous and heavy consumption. It involves profound confusion, hallucinations, and severe nervous system overactivity, typically beginning between 48 and 96 hours after the last drink |
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| Automated External Defibrillator |
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| a device that analyzes a person's heartbeat and can automatically deliver an electric shock if needed |
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| the system made up of the heart, the blood vessels, and the blood |
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| distribution of blood to all parts of the body to deliver oxygen and remove waste products |
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| the two upper chambers of the heart. There is a right atrium (which receives unoxygenated blood returning from the body) and a left atrium (which receives oxygenated blood returning from the lungs). |
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the two lower chanbers of the heart. There is a right ventricle (which sends oxygen-poor blood to the lungs) and the left ventricle (which sends oxygen-rich blood to the body). |
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| the pathway of electrical impulses through the heart, which causes the heart to beat. The cardiac conduction pathway begins at the sinoatrial node adn flows down the center of the heart eventually branching across both ventricles |
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| beginning of the cardiac conduction pathway, located at the top of the heart near the right atrium |
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| blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart |
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| blood vessels that return blood to the heart |
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| the smallest kind of vein |
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| thin-walled, microscopic blood vessels where the oxygen/carbon dioxide and nutrients/waste exchange with the body's cells takes place |
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| death caused by submersion |
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| the condition of having begun to drown but still able to be resuscitated |
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| any substance that when dissolved in an aqueous solution reduces its surface tension between it and another liquid |
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body response triggered when a person's face is submersed in cold water, causing the body to go into a state of extremely low metabolism that preserves the brain, lung, and heart tissue |
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| means self-contained underwater breathing apparatus |
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| any disease or injury due to unequal pressures between a space inside the body and the ambient pressure, or between two spaces within the body; examples include arterial gas embolism and pneumothorax |
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| condition presenting with acting out fo character of bizarre behavior resulting when a diver stays under water too deep adn too long |
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| condition resulting from nitrogen bubbles formin gin the blood stream. This can happen to a diver who stays under water too deep and too long, ascends too rapidly, or dives too many days in a row |
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| a condition in which gas bubbles enter the arterial system and cause damage by blocking blood flow to vital organs, most commonly the brain; which most often occurs when air passes through the walls of capillaries and alveoli into the bloodstream; also called "air embolism" |
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| a collection of air in the central chest cavity |
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| air within the pleural space |
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| a repressurization treatment for air embolism or decompression sickness, where an individual is re-introduced to a controlled high pressure environment, as in a decompression chamber, and gradually returned to normal pressure |
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| Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber |
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| a steel vessel in which atmospheric pressure can be raised or lowered by air compressors, used to treat aeroembolism, and to provide a selective air mixture environment for certain medical procedures; also called a decompression chamber |
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| radiation that has enough energy to remove electrons from substances it passes through, forming ions |
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| the time required for half the amount of a drug to be eliminated from the body |
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| period following a generalized seizure where patients will remain unresponsive or also may be sleepy or groggy for up to 30 minutes or so |
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| multiple seizures without a period of consciousness between them, or one continuous seizure lasting 10 minutes or more |
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| small arteries that carry oxygenated blood to the heart muscle itself. A disruption in flow through these arteries can cause pain and damage to the heart muscle |
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| bulging of the neck veins |
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| any variations from the normal rate or rhythm of the heart |
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| a medication that relaxes smooth muscles, for example, as nitroglycerin relaxes the muscle in bloo dvessels and permits an increased blood flow |
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| a medication used to treat patients with suspected low blood sugar |
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| source of fuel for the body |
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| medication used to open up bronchioles that are constricted due to respiratory disease such as asthma |
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| the study of how disease affects normal body processes |
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| areas of the lungs outside the alveoli where gas exchange with the blood does not take place |
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| effort needed for adequate ventilation |
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| breathing that is abnormally rapid and deep |
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| constriction of the bronchioles in the lungs, caused by allergies, respiratory infections, exercise, or emotion |
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| allergies, respiratory infections, exercise, or emotion that may cause bronchoconstriction |
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| slippery secretion that lubricates and protects airway surfaces |
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| air that remains in the alveoli increasing carbon dioxide levels in the lungs |
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| stimulation to breathe. Usually related to the level of carbon dioxide in the blood |
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| when the stimulus to breathe is the amount of oxygen in the blood rather than the normal drive to breathe that is related to the amount of carbon dioxide in the blood |
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| the act of listening for sounds made by internal organs such as the lungs and heart. Also the technique used to listen for pulse sounds when obtaining a blood pressure |
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| a line drawn vertically from the middle of the armpit to the ankle |
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| a condition of fluid in the lungs |
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| devices that continuously administer a vaporized medication, as opposed to the inhaler that provides a one-time dose |
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| viral illness characterized by inspiratory and expiratory stridor and a seal-barklike cough |
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| device that patients use to breathe in medication |
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| sympathetic nervous system |
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| part of the nervous system that activates the "fight or flight" response |
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| method of continuously administering vaporized medication, as opposed to the inhaler that provides a one-time dose |
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