NREMT TEST 2

Dysphasiga

Difficulty Swallowing.

Dysphasia

Language disorder.

Polydipsia

Unquenchable/Excessive thirst.

Diaphoresis

Excessive sweating

Polyuria

Excessive urination

Listless

Lacking energy

Polyphagia

Insatiable hunger

Petit mal

Absence seizure that causes a sudden loss of awareness for 10 to 30 seconds

Grand mal

Generalized tonic-clonic seizure that causes loss of consciousness and muscle contractions.

Hemiplegia

Muscle paralysis affecting one side of the body and is caused by damage to the central nervous system

CVA

Cerebrovascular Accident: when blood flow is cut off to a part of brain starving it of oxygen and nutrients

Myalgia

Muscle aches caused by over exertion

Dyspneic

Trouble breathing

Pulmonary embolism

Causes JVD

Dys-

Bad, difficult, abnormal, or painful

Poly

Many or much

Phasia

Speech

Dipsia

Thirst

Uria

Urine

Phagia

Eating, swallowing or devouring

Plegia

Loss of muscle control

Anterior

Front

Posterior

Back

Superior

Upper

Inferior

Lower

Medial

towards midline

Lateral

Away from midline

Proximal

Closest to joint

Distal

Farther from joint

Superficial

Surface

Deep

Internal