Allied

automated external defibrillator

A computerized device used to analyze and shock a victim’s heart into a normal rhythm

electrocardiogram

A test that measures the electrical activity of the heart

Ventricular fibrillation

An abnormal and potentially life-threatening situation in which no blood is pumped from the heart and all parts of the heartbeat are out of sync

Cardiac arrhythmia

A disturbance of the normal heart rhythm

defibrillation

An abnormal and potentially life-threatening situation in which the victim almost always has palpitations

Fibrillation

An abnormal and potentially life-threatening situation in which the victim almost always has palpitations

ventricular tachycardia

An abnormal and potentially life-threatening situation in which the victim almost always has palpitations

Bronchial

around the trachea

loud high pitched sounds

Vesicular

soft low pitched sounds

entirety of lung fields

Bronchovesicular

1st and 2nd intercostal space

beside the sternum

medium pitched sounds

Aortic

Right of the sternum at the second intercostal space

pulmonic

Left of the sternum at the second intercostal space

Mitral

Left of the sternum at the 5th intercostal space

Tricuspid

Left of the sternum at the 4th intercostal space

Erb’s point

left of the sternum at the 3rd intercostal space

External respiration

the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide at the alveolar capillary level

Internal respiration

the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide at the tissue cellular level.

Respiration

the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and the body’s cells.

Rhinitis

an inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose

Pharyngitis

an inflammation or infection of the throat

cephalgia

commonly known as a headache, characterized by pain in the head

steroid

Medication given to decrease inflammation

visceral pleura

The inner layer of the sac covering the lung; attached to the lung

orthopnea

A condition where an individual experiences difficulty breathing when lying flat, often relieved by sitting up

hypoxia

A condition in which there is a deficiency of oxygen in the tissues

bronchodilator

trachypnea

Abnormally rapid breathing rate

Bronchopneumonia

When the infection is scattered throughout the lung and patchy areas of consolidation occur

Lobar pneumonia

the entire lobe of a lung is infected at one time Usually caused by pneumococcus