AHE FINAL Flashcards
(45 cards)
3 stages of stress
Alarm- fight or flight
Resistance- adaption and coping to the situation
Exhaustion- prolonged exposure to the stressor, lost ability to adapt or cope
Acute stress reaction
occurs simultaneously with the event or shortly after
delayed stress reaction
also know as PTSD, may occur at any time, day, months or years after following a critical event
commulative stress reaction
burnout, as a result to prolonged recurring stressors
emergency move
one rescue drag, one carries
urgent move
log roll to backward
non-urgent
moved from on-site scene to a facility
Safest level to move a pt to the gurney
mid-level
HIPPA
don’t share anything
safety surrender law
parent surrenders baby with in 72 hours of birth
In loco parentis
“in place of parent”
slander
spoken falsly
libel
written falsly
res ipsa loquitur
the thing that speaks for itself
advance directives
DNR, instructions written in advance of an event
fight or flight?
increases pulse (heart pump faster)
blood vessels constrict
RR accelerates
pale, sweaty
skin layers
epidermis
dermis
subcutaneous
components of blood & purpose
plasma-fluid
RBC- o2, nutrients, fuel
immune system soldiers
clotting
artery
oxygenated blood, moves blood towards the heart
route of blood through the heart
R vena cavae
R atrium
R ventricle
pulmonary artery
Lungs
Pulmonary vein
L atrium
L ventricle
Aorta
Process of exhalation
passive process
positive pressure
ribs move downward inward
diaphram rises
size of chest decreases
Ventalation
Mechanical process of moving air in and out of the alveoli
respiration
chemical- exchanges of gasses in the alveoli and in the cells (oxygenated and deoxgenated)
perfusion
blood flow to the alveolar capillaries
-cap refills
-looking at their skin signs
