Research Notes — Alive and Dead! Inanimate and Animate!
Circling the drain
Crashing
Flat line
DOA dead on arrival
DNR do not resuscitate
Clinically dead = person injured so severely that resuscitation is obviously impossible
Declared death in absentia i.e. passengers of the Titanic
Clinical death= absence of vital signs
Legal death= cessation of vital signs and brain activity as declared by a physician
Biological death= cell death as a result of death
The patient “expired”
Declining
Merriam-Webster inanimate object= a thing that is not alive, such as a rock, a chair, a book, etc.
Death Euphemisms
Push up daises (he’s gone tits up or Tango Uniform=TU-tits up)
At rest
At peace
Departed
HYPERTENSION High blood pressure “White coat”
Medical guidelines define hypertension as a blood pressure higher than 130 over 80 millimeters of mercury (mmHg), according to guidelines issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) in November 2017.
MI Myocardial Infarction Heart attack blockage of coronary arteries
Angio= angiogram coronary catherization to view blockages in coronary arteries
Echo= echocardiogram
STEMI= a complete blockage an ST elevation myocardial infarction
NSTEMI= partial blockage a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction
Infarct= short for myocardial infarction
Sudden Cardiac Arrest= electrical disturbance that causes an arrhythmia
A-Fib= atrial fibrillation a quivering or irregular heart beat arrhythmia
“Holiday Heart” fatigue, alcohol, stress, AFIB trigger
Brady= bradycardia= excessively slow heart beat
Insufficiency= regurge= regurgitation= valve that is unable to prevent backflow
Tachy= tachycardia= excessively rapid heartbeat
Veg=veggie= bacterial endocarditis affects valves of heart
Trip=troponin= cardiac enzyme when elevated signal MI
Cardio-version= electrical shock to “reset” or convert heart back to normal rhythm
CAT=CT= computed tomography an x-ray technique uses computer to create a cross sectional image of the body
CAD= coronary artery disease
CAB= coronary artery bypass
EF=ejection fraction a measurement of the rate at which the blood is pumped out of a filled ventricle
EEG=EKG= electrocardiogram monitor electrical conductivity of the heart muscle
PSVT= paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia 150–250 rapid heartbeat caused by events above the heart ventricles
