Shadowing

IV

liquids injected into a vein to prevent or treat dehydration

Morphine

Used as a pain medicine

Midazolam injection/Propofol

Used to induce sleep and loss of consciousness

Thrombectomy

Surgical removal of a blood clots

Occlusion

Blockage or closing of something (artery)

Vasopressors

Medications used to increase blood pressure.

Positive inotropes

Strengthen force of heart contraction

Negative inotropes

Relieve contraction of heart

Positive chronotropes

Increases heart rate

Negative chronotropes

Decreases heart rate

Saline

salt water used for many things

Epinephrine

Increases heart rate (positive inotrophic/chronotrophic)

Phenylephrine

Reduces swelling of blood vessels (Positive inotropic/chronotrophic)

DVST

Stroke from a blood clot in a brain’s dural venous sinus

CVST

Stroke from a blood clot in the brain’s venous sinus

Thrombectomy

Surgical removal of a blood clot in a blood vessel

Aphasia

Loss of ability to understand or express speech caused by brain damage

Edema

Swelling in body tissues by too much fluid

Ischemic stroke

Strokes that happen as a result of a blood clot

Angioplasty/ PCI

Non surgical procedure used to open blocked arteries

Cranioplasty

Surgical procedure to repair and replace a defect in the skull.

Craniotomy

Surgical procedure to remove a part of the skull

Myoclonus

Quick jerking movement that you can't control

Hemorrage

Escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

Hemorrhoid

A swollen vein or group of veins in the region of the anus

Basilar artery

Artery that supplies blood to the veins

Basal ganglia

Group of nuclei near center of brain