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Chapter 17b- Cardiovascular Emergencies

Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Twelfth Edition
Horizontales
The heart muscle
The blood vessels that carry blood and nutrients to the heart muscle.
A disorder in which the heart loses part of its ability to effectively pump blood, usually as a result of damage to the heart muscle and usually resulting in a backup of fluid into the lungs.
A rapid heart rate, more than 100 beats/min
A condition in which the inner layers of an artery, such as the aorta, become separated, allowing blood (at high pressure) to flow between the layers.
Swelling in the part of the body closest to the ground, caused by collection of fluid in the tissues; a possible sign of congestive heart failure.
The part of the nervous system that controls the involuntary activities of the body such as the heart rate, blood pressure, and digestion of food.
When the heart fails to generate effective and detectable blood flow; pulses are not palpable in cardiac arrest, even if muscular and electrical activity continues in the heart
The inside diameter of an artery or other hollow structure
To shock a fibrillating (chaotically shaking) heart with specialized electric current in an attempt to restore a normal, rhythmic beat.
The circulation of oxygenated blood within an organ or tissue in adequate amounts to meet the cells' current needs.
A slow heart rate, less than 60 beats/miin.
Above a body part or nearer to the head.
Verticales
A fainting spell or transient loss of consciousness
Widening of a tubular structure such as a coronary artery
The return of a pulse and effective blood flow to the body in a patient who previously was in cardiac arrest.
An emergency situation created by excessively high blood pressure, which can lead to serous complications such as stroke or aneurysm.
A state in which not enough oxygen is delivered to the tissues of the body, caused by low output of blood from the heart. It can be a severe complication of a large acute myocardial infarction as well as other conditions.
An irregular or abnormal heart rhythm.
The back surface of the body; the side away from you in the standard anatomic position.
The volume of blood ejected with each ventricular contraction
A blockage, usually of a tubular structure such as a blood vessel.