Subject |
Date Published |
Contributer |
Language |
Total Questions |
File Name |
Medical |
14th February 2009 |
Julie Okonedo |
USA |
172 |
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Abandonment |
Termination of the paramedic-patient relationship without assurance that an equal or greater level of care will continue |
Aberrant Condition |
Conduction of the electrical impulse through the heart's conduction system in an abnormal fashion |
Absolute Refractory Period |
The period of the cardiac cycle when the myocardial cells have not completely repolarized and stimulation will not produce and depolarization whatever |
Action Potential |
The stimulation of mycardial cells, as evidenced by a change in the membrane electrical charge, that subsequently spreads across the myocardium |
Active Transport |
Movement of a substance through a cell membrane against the osmotic gradient that is, from an area of lesser concentration to an area of greater concentration, opposite to the normal direction of diffusion; requires the use of energy |
Actual Damages |
Refers to compensable physical, psychological, or financial harm |
Addisonian Crisis |
Form of shock associated with adrenocortical insufficiency and characterized by profound hypotension and electrolyte imbalances |
Aerobic Metabolism |
The stage of metabolism requiring the presence of oxygen, in which the breakdown of glucose (in a process called the Krebs or citric acid cycle) yields a high amount of energy |
Afterload |
The resistance a contraction of the heart must overcome in order to eject blood; in cardiac physiology, defined as the tension of cardiac muscle during systole (contraction) |