RAD 200 CHPT 15

A scrape or rubbing away of the skin surface

Abrasion

Loss of memory

Amnesia

A body part attached to the main body, such as an arm or leg.

Appendage

Tissue transplanted from one part of a person’s body to another part of the same person’s body

Autograft

Tearing away of skin or tissue from the body.

Avulsion

The armpits

Axilar

There are many different types of microorganisms and toxins that could cause diseases in humans and animals if used as a weapon. Anthrax, plague, botulism, smallpox, and radiation exposure are a few biological agents that could be used in terrorist attacks.

Bioterrorism

Methods used to protect people against biological threats or diseases

Biodefense

Burning tissue to stop bleeding or prevent infection.

Cautery

The process of blood clotting.

Coagulation

Narrowed or tightened.

Constricted

Constantly present in a certain area or population.

Endemic

The study of designing work or equipment to fit people safely and comfortably

Ergonomics

Stopping or controlling bleeding.

Hemostasis

Abnormally high body temperature

Hyperthermia

Abnormally low body temperature

Hypothermia

Introduction of a vaccine or microorganism to produce immunity.

Inoculation

Muscle pain.

Myalgia

Relating to the back of the head.

Occipital

A person trained to draw blood from patients

Phlebotomist

Prevention of disease or infection.

Prophylaxis

Inflammation of blood vessels

Vasculitis

A medicine that relieves pain

Analgesic

A substance used on living tissue (like skin) to kill or stop the growth of germs and help prevent infection

Antiseptic

Inflammation or irritation of a tendon

Tendinitis

move an arm or leg away from the body

Abduction

partial or complete loss of sensation caused by injury, diseases, or the administration of an anesthetic agent

Anesthetic

the temporary cessation of breathing

Apnea

a progressive disease in which the lens of the eye becomes cloudy, impairing vision or causing blindness

Cataract

ulcerative keratitis

Corneal ulcers

remove foreign material or dead tissue in a wound

Debride

electrodiagnostic assessment of the activity of skeletal muscles

Electromyography

trained services provided on the scene

Emergency medical service

Inflammation of the brain

Encephalitis

the science concerned with people and their work; it explores mechanical principles enhancing efficiency and well-being in the work environment

Ergonomics

pertaining to or consisting of macules and papules

Maculopapular

a measure of the time taken for clot formation

Prothrombin

trademarked brand name for sterile adhesive strips used to approximate and hold together the edges of a wound

Steri-strip

carrier of infectious agent of disease from one person to another (usually insects)

Vector

poison secreted by an animal

Venom

injuries occur when a part of the body is compressed with extreme force between two surfaces.

Crushing injuries

Result when a pointed or sharp foreign object penetrates the soft tissue

Puncture wounds

sharp object cuts the skin and possibly underlying soft tissue.

Laceration

Anything that enters a portion of the body where it does not belong

Foreign body

insults can be caused by either heat or cold, which includes burns or frostbite.

Thermal insults

The result of thermal insults to tissue. The insults may be caused by heat, chemical sources, electrical sources, or radiation

Burns

injury that occurs as the result of exposure to or contact with electricity.

Electrical shock

injuries occur when an individual is struck directly or indirectly (splash effect) by lightning

Lighting injury

the puncture of the skin by the bite or sting of any insect or arthropod, may involve the injection of venom into the tissue of the individual

Insect bites

tickborne disease, is a severe systemic infection. It is the most commonly reported rickettsial disease in the United States

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/Tick Bite

severe generalized infection caused by the bite of an Anopheles mosquito that is infected by a Plasmodium type of protozoa.

Malaria

These conditions are caused by repetitive movement that is unnatural or awkward

Cumulative trauma

technically known as lateral humeral epicondylitis, is the result of repetitive movement involving flexión of the wrist against resistance. The result of this repetitive action is an inflammatory condition of the tissue at the distal portion of the humerus

Tennis elbow

refers to the injuries incurred by the infant or toddler who has been shaken forcibly enough to cause intracerebral bleeding, resulting in a closed head injury.

Shaken infant syndrome (SIS), or shaken baby syndrome (SBS)

Intercourse forced on a person against her or his will

Rapé or sexual assault

taking one’s own life or intentionally causing one´s own death.

´Suicide

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the result of threatened or actual physical abuse, a pattern of behavior in which the victim is repeatedly physically assaulted by her or his partner.

Intimate partner violence

IPV is also known as what

domestic violence, spouse abuse, and battered spouse syndrome.

The cycle of abuse typically has three stages Which are

1. Tensión builds

2. Abuse takes place

3. Abuser feels remorse

the compression of the brachial plexus nerves.

Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome

The index finger has a lump or knot that appears on the flexor tendon. Flexion or extension of the finger may be interrupted and then begin again in a jerking or snapping type of motion when the hand is opened and closed

Trigger finger (stenosing tenosynovitis)

Physical, psychological, or sexual injury to a child

Child abuse or neglect

physical abuse, self-neglect, verbal abuse, psychological abuse, abandonment, violation of personal rights, and financial abuse are forms of abuse towards who

Elders

intentional and systematic diminishment of another’s self-worth or self-esteem

Physchological or verbal abuse

Entrapment and compression of the median nerve in the

carpal tunnel causes pain and numbness in the wrist, hands,

and fingers

Carpal tunnel syndrome