| A | B |
|---|
| ABGs | arterial blood gases |
| asystole | absence of heart beat |
| auscultation | listening to the sounds of the body, especially the heart and lungs |
| blood pressure | measure of the force of blood against the arterial wall |
| bradycardia | slow heart rate |
| capnometry | measure of expired carbon dioxide |
| CVP line | positioned in the vena cava, asseses blood volume returning to the heart |
| dysrhythmias | abnormal, disturbed cardiac rhythm |
| electrocardiography | process of recording electrical activity of the heart |
| electroencephalogram | record of electrical activity of the brain |
| epidural | pertaining to above or upon the dura |
| exsanguination | to render bloodless |
| intrathecally | pertaining to within the spinal canal |
| laryngospasm | involuntary contraction of the larynx |
| local anesthesia | method of anesthesia, agent injected or applied topically to interrupt pain impulses at the nerve endings |
| monitored anesthesia care (MAC) | anesthesia provider present during local anesthesia procedure |
| precordial | pertaining to the anterior body surface overlying the heart |
| pulse oximetry | measure of oxygen sat of the blood |
| PVC | premature ventricular contraction |
| regional anesthesia | agent injected to block pain impulses at a nerve plexus |
| tachycardia | rapid heart rate |
| vasoconstrictor | agent that causes narrowing of blood vessels |
| vasodilation | relaxation of blood vessel walls |
