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Scribeamerica Introductory Vocab

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1. Four Times a Day






2. Treatment






3. 'Passing out' - loss of consciousness or fainting






4. Cervical Spine (neck)






5. Right Lower Extremity






6. As needed






7. Muscular pain - 'muscle aches'






8. Every Hour






9. Oxygen Saturation (a.k.a. SaO2)






10. IV Drug Abuse






11. Cerebrospinal Fluid






12. Incision and Drainage






13. Change






14. Deep Venous Thrombosis






15. Down - Below - Less - Decrease - Lower






16. Rattling noise of mucous in the lungs






17. Right Lower Quadrant






18. Pale skin






19. Disease






20. Death of cardiac muscle due to ischemia






21. Acetylsalicylic Acid (Aspirin)






22. Primary Care Physician (a.k.a. PMD)






23. ST elevation MI - real-time ongoing death of heart tissue due to ischemia. Diagnosed by an EKG






24. Splitting of the skin due to trauma (a cut due to something sharp)






25. Status Post (after)






26. Ultrasound






27. Three Times a Day






28. Deep Venous Thrombosis






29. Hypertension - 'High Blood Pressure'






30. Farther from the midline (a line that can be traced from nose to belly-button)






31. Bilateral Lower Extremities






32. Bowel Movement






33. Loss of Consciousness






34. Do Not Resuscitate






35. Approximately






36. Gun Shot Wound






37. Long-standing - constant. Opposite of acute






38. Right Upper Extremity






39. Very large amounts of blood in the urine






40. No known Drug Allergies






41. Genitourinary






42. Normal






43. Left Upper Quadrant






44. Rear or backside of the body






45. Nearer to the trunk of the body






46. Crackles; wet crackling noise in lungs






47. High pitched sound heard in the lungs with asthmatics or lung disease






48. Myocardial Infarction






49. Review of System






50. Incision and Drainage