NREMT 2024 2025 Flashcards
1. 12-Lead ECG: Diagnostic tool for measuring heart's electrical activity
2. Abdominal evisceration: Protrusion of internal organs from abdominal wound
3. Abrasion: Superficial scrape or scratch on the skin
4. Acidosis: Medical condition with excessive acid in body's fluids
5. Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI): Sudden blockage of coronary artery, commonly
known as a heart attack
6. Adenosine: Medication for treating certain irregular heartbeats
7. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS): Clinical algorithm for urgent treatment
of cardiac arrest and other life-threatening cardiac conditions
8. Advanced life support (ALS): Procedures and skills that extend Basic Life
Support to further support circulation and provide an open airway
9. AED (Automated External Defibrillator): Portable device that diagnoses and
treats life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias
10. Aeromedical: Medical care or transportation given in an aircraft
11. Airway Management: Techniques and procedures to ensure an open pathway
for gas exchange between lungs and atmosphere
12. Airway obstruction: Blockage of the airway preventing proper breathing
13. Alkalosis: Medical condition with excessive base in body's fluids
14. Ambulance: Medically equipped vehicle for transporting patients to medical
facilities
15. Ambulance Bay: Area of a hospital or medical facility where ambulances arrive
and transfer patients
16. Amputation: Removal or loss of a body part
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1. 12-Lead ECG: Diagnostic tool for measuring heart's electrical activity
2. Abdominal evisceration: Protrusion of internal organs from abdominal wound
3. Abrasion: Superficial scrape or scratch on the skin
4. Acidosis: Medical condition with excessive acid in body's fluids
5. Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI): Sudden blockage of coronary artery, commonly
known as a heart attack
6. Adenosine: Medication for treating certain irregular heartbeats
7. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS): Clinical algorithm for urgent treatment
of cardiac arrest and other life-threatening cardiac conditions
8. Advanced life support (ALS): Procedures and skills that extend Basic Life
Support to further support circulation and provide an open airway
9. AED (Automated External Defibrillator): Portable device that diagnoses and
treats life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias
10. Aeromedical: Medical care or transportation given in an aircraft
11. Airway Management: Techniques and procedures to ensure an open pathway
for gas exchange between lungs and atmosphere
12. Airway obstruction: Blockage of the airway preventing proper breathing
13. Alkalosis: Medical condition with excessive base in body's fluids
14. Ambulance: Medically equipped vehicle for transporting patients to medical
facilities
15. Ambulance Bay: Area of a hospital or medical facility where ambulances arrive
and transfer patients
16. Amputation: Removal or loss of a body part
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