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Chapter 36a- Geriatric Emergencies

Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Twelfth Edition
Horizontales
The slow onset of progressive disorientation, shortened attention span, and loss of cognitive function; This condition is generally chronic and irreversible..
A disorder in which cholesterol and calcium buildup inside the walls of the blood vessels, forming plaque, which eventually leads to a partial or complete blockage of blood flow.
A group of conditions in which the nerves leaving, the spinal cord, are damaged, resulting in distortion of signals to or from the brain.
An abnormal accumulation of excess fluid in the peritoneal cavity.
A generalized bone disease commonly associated with post menopausal women in which there is a reduction in the amount of bone mass, leaving to fractures after minimal trauma, in either sex.
The formation of a blood clot within the larger veins of an extremity, typically following a period of prolonged immobilization.
A rapidly fatal condition, in which the walls of the aorta in the abdomen weaken, and blood leaks into the layers of the vessel, causing it to bulge.
A disease that causes the arteries to thicken, harden, and calcify.
Black, foul-smelling, tarry stool containing digested blood.
A swelling, or enlargement of the wall of a blood vessel, that results from weakening of the vessel wall.
Verticales
A visual bulging of the jugular veins in the neck that can be caused by fluid overload pressure in the chest, cardiac tamponade, and tension pneumothorax.
Clouding up the lens of the eye, or surrounding transparent membranes.
Sores caused by the pressure of skin against surface for long periods; can range from a discoloration of the skin to deep wound that may invade into bone or organs; also known as bedsores.
Written documentation that specifies medical treatment for a competent patient should the patient become unable to make decisions; also called a LivingWell or healthcare directive.
A forward curling of the back cause by abnormal increase in the curvature of the spine.
Any action on the part of an older persons, family member, caregiver or other associated person that takes advantage of the older persons, person, property or emotional state.
The assessment and treatment of disease and someone who is age 65 years or older.
A bacterium that causes infections in different parts of the body and is often resistant to commonly used antibiotics; can be found on the skin, and in surgical wounds, the bloodstream lungs and urinary tract.
The coughing up of blood.
A temporary change in mental status characterized by disorganized thoughts, inattention, memory loss, disorientation, striking changes in personality and affect, hallucinations and delusions, or a decreased level of consciousness.
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.