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Posey Restraints
Medical devices used to restrain, hold back, or control a person's body.
Orthopedic Residency
Post-medical school requirement where physicians receive training in a specialized area, in this case, the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of injuries or disorders of the skeletal system and associated muscles, joints, and ligaments.
Needle Cricothyrotomy
Also known as emergency airway puncture. An emergency insertion of a hollow needle into the airway used to treat life-threatening choking.
Shingles
A skin rash caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. After an individual has chickenpox, the virus lives in the nervous system and is never fully cleared from the body.
Diabetes
A polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood.
PERL
Pupils equal and responsive to light.
Gorked
Medical slang used to describe a terminal patient whose brain is nonfunctional and the rest of whose body can be kept functioning only by the extensive use of mechanical devices and nutrient solutions.
Insulin Shock
Hypoglycemia (lower than normal level of blood sugar) produced by excessive insulin in the system causing a coma.
Lethargic
Drowsy or sluggish.
MI
A Myocardial Infraction or more commonly known as a heart attack.
Adenosine
A white, odorless, crystalline powder obtained from the hydrolysis of yeast nucleic acid. A nucleoside consisting of adenine and sugar.
Orbital Fracture
A break in one of the six bones that make up the orbit (the bony cavity in which the eyeball sits together with its associated muscles, blood vessels, and nerves.)
Distal Radius
The radius is the larger of the two bones in the forearm and the distal end is the end closest to the wrist.
Hypothermia
Having a body core temperature of less than 35 degrees Celsius or 95 degrees Fahrenheit.
Supine Hypertension
A fall in blood pressure that occurs when a pregnant woman is lying on her back that is caused by impaired venous return that results from pressure of the gravid uterus on the vena cava.
Pulse Oximetry
A non-invasive method used to measure the amount of oxygen in the blood.
NICU
Newborn, or Neonatal, Intensive Car Unit
Apgar Score
A method for assessing a newborn infants heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, skin color, and reflex. A perfect Apgar score of 10 means an infant is in the best possible condition. An infant with an Apgar score of 0-3 needs immediate resuscitation.
