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# Medical Terminology

* <mark style="color:purple;">**HIPPA:**</mark> The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a federal law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient’s consent or knowledge. You may not disclose information about a patient or a patient’s medical history to unauthorized individuals via any means for any reason except under the following exceptions.
* <mark style="color:purple;">**Bleeds**</mark>
  * <mark style="color:yellow;">**Capillary:**</mark> Minor scratches, superficial cuts with minimum bleeding
  * <mark style="color:yellow;">**Venous:**</mark> Deep, non life-threatening
  * <mark style="color:yellow;">**Arterial:**</mark> Major, life-threatening
* <mark style="color:purple;">**Heart Rates (Pulse)**</mark>
  * <mark style="color:yellow;">**Normal:**</mark> Average (60-110 bpm \*beats per min)
  * <mark style="color:yellow;">**Tachycardia:**</mark> Very high (120-180 bpm \*beats per min)
  * <mark style="color:yellow;">**Bradycardia:**</mark> Very Low (Below 60 bpm \*beats per min)
* <mark style="color:purple;">**Blood Sugar**</mark>
  * <mark style="color:yellow;">**Normal:**</mark> Average (80-130 mg/dL)
  * <mark style="color:yellow;">**Low:**</mark> Below 70 mg/dL
  * <mark style="color:yellow;">**High:**</mark> Above 180 mg/dL
* <mark style="color:purple;">**F.A.S.T:**</mark> Face Drooping, Arms Weak, Speech Difficulty, Time to cal 911 - has been used by the National Stroke Association, American Heart Association and others to educate the public on detecting symptoms of a stroke.
* <mark style="color:purple;">**MVA:**</mark> Motor Vehicle Accident
* <mark style="color:purple;">**Hyperthermia:**</mark> A condition where the body temperature is higher then normal - Heat related illness which includes heat fatigue, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke.&#x20;
* <mark style="color:purple;">**Hypothermia:**</mark> A life-threatening condition that occurs when the body loses heat faster than it can produce it, resulting in a dangerously low body tempature. This happens when immersion in cold water, or prolonged exposure to cold temperatures, especially when wet.
* <mark style="color:purple;">**CPR:**</mark> Cardiopulmoary resuscitation, a lifesaving procedure performed when someones heart stops beating.
* <mark style="color:purple;">**AED:**</mark> Automated external defibrillator, a portable device that delivers an electric shock to the heart to try to reset it
* <mark style="color:purple;">**Splint:**</mark> Used to immobilize and injured area and control external bleeding
* <mark style="color:purple;">**Tourniquet:**</mark> A device that is used to apply pressure to a limb or extremity in order to create ischemia or stopping the flow of blood
* <mark style="color:purple;">**Anaphylaxis:**</mark> A severe allergic reaction that requires immediate emergency treatment.


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