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Required blood volume for "Massive Hemothorax"? - ANSWERS1500ml +
Intercostal Vasculature/Nerve location - ANSWERSInferior to the rib
Miosis - ANSWERSExcessive constriction of the pupil of the eye
Bell's palsy - ANSWERSType of facial paralysis that results in an inability to control the facial
muscles on the affected side.
Trauma - ANSWERSThe acute physiologic and structural change that occurs in a patient's body
when an external source of energy dissipates faster than the body's ability to sustain and
dissipate it.
Secondary spinal cord injury: - ANSWERSCaused by progressive swelling after the initial insult.
Cerebral Perfusion Pressure - ANSWERS{Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP) } - {Intracranial Pressure
(ICP) }
Traumatic Asphyxia - ANSWERSSevere, sudden crushing injury to the chest and abdomen that
leads to a backward flow of blood from the heart into the vessels of the neck and head.
Beck's Triad - ANSWERSFindings of Pericardial Tamponade:
Hypotension, JVD, and muffled heart sounds
, Decussate - ANSWERSCross or form an X.
Hepatojugular Reflex - ANSWERSCompression of congested liver produces JVD.
Trismus - ANSWERSReduced opening of the jaws.
Aldosterone - ANSWERSInfluences the reabsorption of sodium and excretion of potassium of
the kidney, thereby indirectly influencing water retention or loss, blood pressure and blood
volume.
Rhonchi - ANSWERSContinuous low pitched rattling that often resembles snoring.
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) - ANSWERSA systemic thrombohemorrhagic
disorder that results in excessive coagulation AND excessive fibrinolytic activation
Delta Wave - ANSWERSRapid, slurred upslope to the R wave immediately after the end of the P
wave characteristic of WPW. (Short PRI)
Cor Pulmonale - ANSWERSRight sided heart failure secondary to chronic lung disease
Cardiac Output - ANSWERSThe amount of blood that is pumped out by either ventricle per
minute.
{ Stroke Volume (SV) } X { Heart rate} = Cardiac Output {CO}
Spina Bifida - ANSWERSHereditary defect in which there is an incomplete closing of the spine
and the membranes around the spinal cord during early development in pregnancy.