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Prehospital Emergency Care Glossary

Hi everyone! My name is Olivier Sénécal, I have been studying Prehospital Emergency Care for 3 years at Ahuntsic College. This glossary could be useful for the student in my field of study or for anyone who wants to understand the basics of medical terms. Each word in this glossary will help you to understand the parts of your body or the mechanism behind it. By learning all of those new words you could help your doctor, nursing or the paramedic to understand what wrong.

analphylaxis

noun

It's severe allergic reaction when you are in contact of an allergen, that needs to be treated right away.

Example: My cousin was stung by a bee his throat was swollen, he got an anaphylaxis

fr: anaphylaxie

embolism

noun

It's a pathology, it occur when a blood clot or an air bubble is trapped in an artery

Example: My dad had a heart attack, the doctor said it was caused by an embolism

fr: embolie

faint

verb

A sudden loss of cousciouness

Example: It was so hot yesterday that I fainted.

fr: s'évanouir

hypotension

noun

Someone with low blood pressure normally under 100

Example: My doctor diagnostic me a hypotension and give me new drugs for it

fr: hypotension

hemorrhage

noun

A profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel.

Example: When I had my car accident my legs got struck, and I had en internal hemorrhage.

fr: hémorragie

mydriasis

adjective

An excessive or prolonged dilatation of the pupil of the eye.

Example: My friend takes a lot of drugs his eyes was in a mydriasis.

fr: mydriase

nausea

noun

A feeling of sickness or discomfort in the stomach that may come with an urge to vomit.

Example: After I ate in this new restaurant I got a nausea.

fr: nausée

paleness

noun

The state of being pale

Example: The main side effect of a heart attack is paleness

fr: pâleur

pneumonia

noun

A lung infection, in which the air sacs fill with liquid.

Example: My friend didn't come to school this week he got a pneumonia.

fr: pneumonie

headache

noun

A continuous pain in the head.

Example: I have a big headache, I can't even do my homeworks.

fr: mal de tête

edema

noun

Edema is swelling caused by too much fluid trapped in the body's tissues. Edema can affect any part of the body. But it's more likely to show up in the legs and feet.

Example: I need to wear compression socks because of my edema.

fr: oedmème

cephalalgia

noun

Cephalalgia is a symptom that refers to any type of pain located in the head. There are more than 150 types.

Example: I fell on my head. The cepalalgia I got from this was so intense.

fr: céphalée

diabetes

noun

A disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired.

Example: I can't eat whatever I want because of my diabetes.

fr: diabète

diaphragm

noun

A dome-shaped muscular partition separating the thorax from the abdomen in mammals.

Example: In my biology class we study the muscles of humans. We are able to see a diaphragm of a pig.

fr: diaphragme

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: His body was a mass of bruises after he had been attacked.

fr: contusion

paresis

noun

A condition of muscular weakness caused by nerve damage or disease; partial paralysis.

Example: Examination indicates paresis of the upper left limb.

fr: parésie

hypoxia

noun

Hypoxia is a state in which oxygen is not available in sufficient amounts at the tissue level to maintain adequate homeostasis.

Example: After climbing to high altitudes, the mountaineer experienced hypoxia due to the thin air.

fr: Hypoxie

hypothermia

noun

Hypothermia happens when you have long exposure to cold weather and your body temperature drops dangerously low.

Example: After falling into icy waters, the swimmer succumbed to hypothermia as her body temperature dropped dangerously low.

fr: hypothermie

humerus

noun

The humerus is a long bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow.

Example: After a fall from the ladder, the patient was diagnosed with a fractured humerus.

fr: humérus

vein

noun

Any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart.

Example: After the accident, the doctor identified a severed vein, causing significant bleeding.

fr: veine

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