Week 2 Vocab

Question 1

Instrument used in the detection and diagnosis of heart abnormalities

Answer 1

Electrocardiogram

Question 2

Measurement of oxygen concentration in the blood

Answer 2

Oximetry

Question 3

The atria is beating at an extremely rapid beat

Answer 3

Atrial flutter

Question 4

Abnormality and irregularity in the force or rhythm of the heartbeat

Answer 4

Arrhythmia

Question 5

Sequence or pattern such as heartbeat or breathing

Answer 5

Rhythm

Question 6

Stage of anesthesia in which the patient is relaxed and conscious

Answer 6

Analgesia

Question 7

Temporary loss of feeling or sensation

Answer 7

Anesthesia

Question 8

Contention induced by drug or other means in which the patient retains a minimum level of consciousness while continue to breathe on his/her own and respond to verbal and physical prompts

Answer 8

Conscious sedation

Question 9

Contention induced by drug or other means where patient enters a temporary state of semiconscious, causing partial loss of sensory perception and inability to respond.

Answer 9

General anesthesia

Question 10

Drug injected into the tissues and absorbed into a nerve

Answer 10

Local anesthesia