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EMT Medical Terminology
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1. Acidosis an acid condition of the body - can occur with decreased ventilations - not enough
carbon dioxide is eliminated. With water, CO2 becomes carbonic acid.
2. Alkalosis an alkaline condition of the body - can occur with hyperventilation - blowing off
too much carbon dioxide
3. Adjuncts things that help - so oxygen assist in the delivery of oxygen
4. Agitation an emotional state of being restless, anxious, nervous
5. Aggravation an emotional state of being angry, or extremely unhappy about something
6. Algorithm an illustrative method to summarize assessment and treatment information.
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7. Antecubital pertaining to the front of the elbow - a place to start an IV
8. Arthritis an inflammation of the joints
9. Aspirate to suck into
10. Atrophy a wasting of tissue - when leg is not in use it wastes away
11. Bifurcate to split in two - the trachea bifurcates at the carina into two main stem bronchi
12. Blunt trauma an injury that was caused by a blunt object - no break in the skin
13. Child pediatrics- a child is over 1 year old but less than 14
14. Compromise to make worse - compromised airway
15. Contraindicated a condition that renders a treatment improper or undesirable
16. Copious large amounts
17. Dermatology the study of the skin
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18. Ectopic out of the ordinary (pregnancy, pacemaker, beats)
19. Edema swelling of tissue due to excessive fluid in the area
20. Electrodes the "leads" placed on a patient's chest for ECG
21. Embolus a lump of something traveling through the blood vessel (air, fat from a fracture or
blood clot)
22. Emphysema means trapped air - a chronic respiratory disease that involves trapping air
23. Epistaxis medical term for nosebleed
24. Epidemiology the study of the distribution of illness & injury across a population and the applying
this knowledge to help control disease
25. Etiology the study of the cause of a disease
26. Evisceration an open wound where internal organs are visible on the outside such as an
abdominal evisceration
27. Exacerbate to make worse - increased severity of symptoms
28. Expedite to hurry along, to do quickly
29. Expiration to breathe out - exhalation
30. Febrile having a fever
31. Fibrillation where the ventricles stop contracting properly and just quiver, no pumping
32. Gait a manner of walking - ataxic gait refers to staggering
33. Geriatrics relating to elderly patients
EMT Medical Terminology
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1. Acidosis an acid condition of the body - can occur with decreased ventilations - not enough
carbon dioxide is eliminated. With water, CO2 becomes carbonic acid.
2. Alkalosis an alkaline condition of the body - can occur with hyperventilation - blowing off
too much carbon dioxide
3. Adjuncts things that help - so oxygen assist in the delivery of oxygen
4. Agitation an emotional state of being restless, anxious, nervous
5. Aggravation an emotional state of being angry, or extremely unhappy about something
6. Algorithm an illustrative method to summarize assessment and treatment information.
Memory aids.
7. Antecubital pertaining to the front of the elbow - a place to start an IV
8. Arthritis an inflammation of the joints
9. Aspirate to suck into
10. Atrophy a wasting of tissue - when leg is not in use it wastes away
11. Bifurcate to split in two - the trachea bifurcates at the carina into two main stem bronchi
12. Blunt trauma an injury that was caused by a blunt object - no break in the skin
13. Child pediatrics- a child is over 1 year old but less than 14
14. Compromise to make worse - compromised airway
15. Contraindicated a condition that renders a treatment improper or undesirable
16. Copious large amounts
17. Dermatology the study of the skin
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18. Ectopic out of the ordinary (pregnancy, pacemaker, beats)
19. Edema swelling of tissue due to excessive fluid in the area
20. Electrodes the "leads" placed on a patient's chest for ECG
21. Embolus a lump of something traveling through the blood vessel (air, fat from a fracture or
blood clot)
22. Emphysema means trapped air - a chronic respiratory disease that involves trapping air
23. Epistaxis medical term for nosebleed
24. Epidemiology the study of the distribution of illness & injury across a population and the applying
this knowledge to help control disease
25. Etiology the study of the cause of a disease
26. Evisceration an open wound where internal organs are visible on the outside such as an
abdominal evisceration
27. Exacerbate to make worse - increased severity of symptoms
28. Expedite to hurry along, to do quickly
29. Expiration to breathe out - exhalation
30. Febrile having a fever
31. Fibrillation where the ventricles stop contracting properly and just quiver, no pumping
32. Gait a manner of walking - ataxic gait refers to staggering
33. Geriatrics relating to elderly patients
