FINAL RADR 1409 – Vocabulary
AIDET - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔acknowledge, introduce, duration, explanation,
thanks
Apex/Apical - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the top, the end, or tip of a structure
Arterial Catheter - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a thin tube inserted into an artery
Asystole - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a life-threatening cardiac condition characterized
by the absence of electrical and mechanical activity in the heart
Bradycardia - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔abnormally slow heartbeat
Bradypnea - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔abnormally low respiratory rate
, Cardioversion - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the restoration of the heart's normal sinus
rhythm through an electric shock delivered by a defibrillator
Cyanotic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Bluish skin color due to lack of Oxygen
Dehydration - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔An abnormally low amount of water in the
body.
Diaphoretic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔secretion of sweat, especially the profuse
secretion associated with an elevated body temp, physical exertion,
exposure to heat and mental or emotional stress
Diastolic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔maximum cardiac relaxation; the lower number of
a blood pressure reading
Dyspnea - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔difficult or painful breathing
Electrocardiograph - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a device that measures the electrical
activity of the heart and diplays the info graphically in the form of waves on
a paper tracing or monitor screen
Electrocardiogram - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the graph that is produced by an
electrocardiograph
AIDET - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔acknowledge, introduce, duration, explanation,
thanks
Apex/Apical - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the top, the end, or tip of a structure
Arterial Catheter - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a thin tube inserted into an artery
Asystole - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a life-threatening cardiac condition characterized
by the absence of electrical and mechanical activity in the heart
Bradycardia - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔abnormally slow heartbeat
Bradypnea - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔abnormally low respiratory rate
, Cardioversion - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the restoration of the heart's normal sinus
rhythm through an electric shock delivered by a defibrillator
Cyanotic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Bluish skin color due to lack of Oxygen
Dehydration - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔An abnormally low amount of water in the
body.
Diaphoretic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔secretion of sweat, especially the profuse
secretion associated with an elevated body temp, physical exertion,
exposure to heat and mental or emotional stress
Diastolic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔maximum cardiac relaxation; the lower number of
a blood pressure reading
Dyspnea - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔difficult or painful breathing
Electrocardiograph - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a device that measures the electrical
activity of the heart and diplays the info graphically in the form of waves on
a paper tracing or monitor screen
Electrocardiogram - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the graph that is produced by an
electrocardiograph
