Medical terminology game

[future medic 48_234]

To help keep knowledge sharp, I thought about a medical terminology game.

After the person is right, that person can put the next one up. I'll start.

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[emtpsaveu911]

To help keep knowledge sharp, I thought about a medical terminology game.

After the person is right, that person can put the next one up. I'll start.

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a

before ( i think, i get the two confused)

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[utelenac]

after

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s

[Mastabattas]

after

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Without

SNT

[akflightmedic]

Soft non tender

Eupnea

[bf1511]

EUPNEA free or restful breathing.

PND

[NREMT-Basic]

What is being shown here are not medical terminology, they are more like run report abbreviations and will cause great confusion unless everyone uses them and knows what they mean. For example, I got a call because a nurse, albeit an inexperienced one, did not know what PERRL meant.

Again these are abbreviations....for actual med terms, see your handy dandy Tabers.

[ResQBtheEMT]

Taber's is a great reference...and there's a section of abbreviations within it as well. Also, for any nursing students out there, there is an entire section of nursing diagnoses...a great tool for careplans.

[Mastabattas]

PND

Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea

To take it a step further (seeing as I want to learn more then just what it stands for): PND is a sign of severe heart failure; a medical symptom where people with congestive heart failure develop difficulties breathing after laying flat often occuring several hours after falling asleep.

-paresis

[temsp40]

-paresis -- weakness or inability to move

wpw