Hi, my name is Érica Paiement-Pelletier. I live in Mirabel and I have been studying Pre-Hospital Emergency Care for 2 years at Ahuntsic College. My glossary could be useful for the paramedics that are not verry famélier with the english terms that are related to medical nouns and improve their communication with their patients. In this glossary, it as 22 terms and each of them is part of the vocabulary that are used in this technic. To find those words, I used Actively Engaged with Nicholas Walker book and I found all the definitions on Google.
aneurism
Noun
An excessive localized enlargement of an artery caused by a weakening of the artery wall.
Example: This is a classic ticking bomb ANEURISM.
en: anévrisme
anisocoria
Noun
Anisocoria is characterized by a difference in pupil sizes.
Example: He has ANISOCORIA , which, given his age.
en: anisocorie
blood chemistry interpretation
Noun
A procedure in which a blood sample is checked to measure the amounts of certain substances released into the blood by organs and tissues in the body.
Example: A set of skills practiced by paramedics in the pre-hospital setting commonly include a blood chemistry interpretation.
en: interprétation de la chimie du sang
blunt trauma
Noun
Injury of the body by forceful impact, falls, or physical attack with a dull object.
Example: This is invariably caused by BLUNT TRAUMA the application of force to the inju medicine.
en: traumatisme contondant
bruise
Noun
An injury appearing as an area of discolored skin on the body, caused by a blow or impact rupturing underlying blood vessels.
Example: I know the difference between a rash and a BRUISE . Sometimes it's harder than you realize.
en: hématome
bubonic plague
Noun
The most common form of plague in humans, characterized by fever, delirium, and the formation of buboes.
Example: Research on the impact of the BUBONIC PLAGUE have merely been extended, rather history.
en: peste bubonique
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Noun
A medical procedure involving repeated compression of a patient's chest, performed in an attempt to restore the blood circulation and breathing of a person who has suffered cardiac arrest.
Example: A few have gone into cardiac arrest, and had to be revived through or CARDIOPULMONARY resuscitation.
en: Réanimation cardiorespiratoire
casualty
Noun
A person killed or injured in a war or accident.
Example: The next war with CASUALTY rates as high as this was the First World.
en: blessé
cephalalgia
Noun
A continuous pain in the head.
Example: The intense CEPHALALGIA made her feel dizzy and disoriented.
en: céphalée
cricothyrotomy
Noun
Cricothyrotomy is performed by inserting a tube through an incision in the cricothyroid membrane.
Example: I need to do a CRICOTHYROTOMY to treat him.
en: cricothyrotomie
disability
Noun
A disability is any condition of the body or mind that makes it more difficult for the person with the condition to do certain activities and interact with the world around them.
Example: Identifying or preventing or treating illness or DISABILITY.
en: invalidité
eclampsia
Noun
A condition in which one or more convulsions occur in a pregnant woman suffering from high blood pressure, often followed by coma and posing a threat to the health of mother and baby.
Example: He incidence of risk of gestational diabetes, pre- ECLAMPSIA large babies, high blood pressure.
en: éclampsie
edema
Noun
Edema is swelling caused by too much fluid trapped in the body's tissues.
Example: The removal of hemoarthrosis, reduce spasms, EDEMA and pain as well.
en: œdème
feces
Noun
Waste matter discharged from the bowels after food has been digested; excrement.
Example: If necessary, samples of blood or feces will be taken.
en: excréments
fontanel
Noun
A space between the bones of the skull in an infant or fetus, where ossification is not complete and the sutures not fully formed. The main one is between the frontal and parietal bones.
Example: She presented with a full FONTANEL, splayed sutures, and macrocephaly.
en: fontanelle
intraosseous
Noun
Situated within, occurring within, or administered by entering a bone.
Example: I have to do an INTRAOSSEOUS injection.
en: intra-osseux
myocardinal infarction
Noun
Condition caused by occlusion of one or more of the coronary arteries. A heart attack.
Example: This patient, therefore, had sudden death due to acute myocardial infarction, secondary to thrombosis of the coronary arterial aneurysms.
en: infarctus du myocarde
paradigm
Noun
Worldview underlying the theories and methodology of a particular scientific subject.
Example: This study reflects the positivist PARADIGM which aims to emulate research procedure health.
en: paradigme
supraglottic airway insertion
Noun
Is a insertion of airway devices that can be inserted into the pharynx to allow ventilation, oxygenation, and administration of anesthetic gases, without the need for endotracheal intubation.
Example: Supraglottic airways nsertion have been part of core anaesthetic practice for approximately 30 years.
en: insertion des voies respiratoires supraglottiques
transcutaneous pacing
Noun
Transcutaneous pacing is a temporary means of pacing a patient's heart during a medical emergency.
Example: Transcutaneous pacing is indicated primarily for the treatment of bradycardia and various types of heart block,.
