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🇺🇸 perfusion - CORRECT ANSWER -The delivery of oxygen and other nutrients to body tissues



Hypoperfusion - CORRECT ANSWER -In adequate tissue perfusion



Shock - CORRECT ANSWER -
Systematic hypoperfusion inadequate delivery of oxygen and other nutrients to body tissues



Adequate tissue perfusion depends on - CORRECT ANSWER -Cardiac output



Cardiac output - CORRECT ANSWER -
The amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle each minute



Stroke volume - CORRECT ANSWER -
The amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle with each heartbeat



Frank starling mechanism - CORRECT ANSWER -
Attribute of heart muscle by which the more it is stretched the more strongly it will contract



Preload - CORRECT ANSWER -The volume of blood delivered to the heart



Vital organs - CORRECT ANSWER -Heart brain lungs kidneys



When arteries and veins constrict there is an increase and - CORRECT ANSWER -
Peripheral vascular resistance or afterload

,Acidosis - CORRECT ANSWER -Excessive acidity of bodily fluids



Hypovolemia - CORRECT ANSWER -Loss of bodily fluids that ultimately result in shock



Hemorrhagic shock - CORRECT ANSWER -
Shock resulting from blood loss a subcategory of hypovolemic shock



Epinephrine and norepinephrine are - CORRECT ANSWER -
Catecholamines a type of hormone which the adrenal gland secretes directly into the bloodstre
am



Alpha receptors are stimulated primarily by - CORRECT ANSWER -
norepinephrine causes vasoconstriction



Beta receptors effects primarily by - CORRECT ANSWER -
Epinephrine causes bronchodilation beta-2 receptors and stimulation of cardiac function beta-
1 receptors



Compensated shock - CORRECT ANSWER -
The period of shock during which the body is able to compensate for the effects of shock and m
aintain adequate tissue perfusion



Progressive shockV- CORRECT ANSWER -
The period of shock during which the body begins to lose its ability to compensate for shock an
d becomes unable to maintain adequate tissue perfusion



Irreversible shock - CORRECT ANSWER -
In advance condition of shock and which cell tissue and organ damage cannot be reversed and
will in most circumstance result in death

, Obstructive shock - CORRECT ANSWER -
Includes cardiac Tamponade, tension pneumothorax and Pulmonary emboli



Disruptive shockV- CORRECT ANSWER -Includes neurogenic, anaphylactic and septic shock



Hypovolemic shock - CORRECT ANSWER -
Shock resulting from fluid loss: blood, plasma, or body water



Tension pneumothorax - CORRECT ANSWER -
Air or gas trapped in the pleural space with no route of escape



Pleuritic chest pain - CORRECT ANSWER -
Sharp, stabbing pain, worsened by coughing, sneezing, deep breathing, or movement



Cardiac Tamponade - CORRECT ANSWER -Accumulation of excess fluid in the pericardium



Paradoxical pulse - CORRECT ANSWER -
Suppression of the pulse at the close of inspiration also called pulses paradoxes



Pulse pressure - CORRECT ANSWER -
The difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressures



Pulmonary emboli - CORRECT ANSWER -Obstructions of pulmonary arteries, using blood clots



Clot shower - CORRECT ANSWER -Occurrence of multiple blood clots

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