5 a procedure that is ordered as stat should be

5. A procedure that is ordered as STAT should be performed:
A. only when a physician is present
B. before they days end
C. as soon as is practical
D. immediately
6. During trauma radiography, care must be taken to:

7. Equipment that may be necessary for trauma radiography includes:
8. The primary purpose of an impermeable cassette cover is to: 9. Trauma patients should only be removed from a backboard if/when:
A. their spines have been cleared by a physician
B. they ask to be removed
C. they need to vomit
D. they need to use the restroom
10. the purpose of the rapid response team is to:
Chapter 16: acute situations
Key Terms
◦ Anaphylaxis - an acute allergic reaction to an antigen
◦ Angina pectoris – chest pain
◦ Anoxia - an absence or deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues
◦ Asthma - airways narrow and swell and produce extra mucus
◦ Cardiac arrest - a sudden, sometimes temporary, cessation of function of the heart.
◦ Cardiac tamponade - blood or fluids fill the space between the sac that encases the heart.
◦ Cerebrovascular accident – insufficient blood to brain
◦ Concussion - brain injury that affects your brain function
◦ Defibrillator resuscitation via electric shock
◦ Dehiscence - surgical complication in which a wound ruptures along a surgical incision
◦ Edema - swelling
◦ Embolus - object that has been carried in the bloodstream to lodge in a vessel.
◦ Epistaxis - acute hemorrhage from the nostril, nasal cavity, or nasopharynx
◦ Erythema - superficial reddening of the skin
◦ Evisceration – removal of abdominal organs
◦ Hemorrhage - an escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

◦ Hemothorax - is a collection of blood in the space between the chest wall and the lung
◦ Hyperglycemia – high blood sugar
◦ Hypoglycemia – low blood sugar
◦ Myocardial infraction – heart attack
◦ Myocardial ischemia - blood flow to your heart is reduced, preventing it from receiving enough
oxygen
◦ Pleural effusion - an unusual amount of fluid around the lung
◦ Pneumonia - inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs (air sacs fill with fluid/pus)
◦ Pneumothorax – collapsed lung
◦ Respiratory arrest – stops breathing
◦ Stridor - harsh vibrating noise when breathing (obstruction in larynx)
◦ Syncope - temporary loss of consciousness caused by a fall in blood pressure
◦ Thoracentesis - needle is inserted into the pleural space between the lungs and the chest wall to
remove fluid
◦ Thoracotomy - surgical incision into the chest wall.