5 terms in emergency medicine
Any acute change in a patient's mental state – encompassing altered level of consciousness, cognition, or behavior (from mild confusion to d…
A severe, life-threatening systemic hypersensitivity reaction (often IgE-mediated) characterized by a rapid onset of multi-organ symptoms (e…
Bleeding from the nose (nosebleed), usually from ruptured vessels in the nasal mucosa. Classified as anterior (≈90% of cases, from Kiesselba…
A decrease in intravascular extracellular fluid volume (esp. plasma volume) due to loss of salt and water (e.g., hemorrhage, GI/renal losses…
Life-threatening syndrome of inadequate tissue perfusion leading to cellular hypoxia and organ dysfunction. It is characterized by hypotensi…