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| Specialist in the study of blood. |
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| Specialist in conditions that affect the respiratory system. |
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| Specialist in finding, treating, and preventing diseases of the heart and blood vessels. |
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| Technical description of the cause, nature, or manifestations of a condition. |
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| A condition of abnormally large fluid volume in the circulatory system. |
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| A condition in which there is reduced delivery of oxygen to the tissue. |
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| The administration of whole blood/components to replace blood lost through trauma, surgery, and diseases. |
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| a tracing representing the heart's electrical action derived by amplification of the minutely small electrical impulses normally generated by the heart. |
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| Abbreviation Complete Blood Count |
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| State of mental confusion that develops quickly and usually fluctuates in intensity. |
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| A loss of mental ability. severe enough to interfere with normal activities of daily living. |
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| Occurs when too much fluid collects in the pleural space (the space between the two layers of the pleura). |
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| A fever is any body temperature elevation over 100 degrees. |
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| Abbreviation for Bowel Movement. |
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| Difficult or labored breathing. |
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| Abbreviation for hydrochloric acid |
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| The manual application of chest compressions and ventilations to patients in cardiac arrest. |
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| Abbreviation for hydrochloric acid |
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| The manual application of chest compressions and ventilations to patients in cardiac arrest. |
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