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Code Three
Response used to describe a mode of response for an emergency vehicle responding to a call. It is commonly used to mean "use lights and siren".
LeFort II Fracture
The fracture of the midfacial skeleton with the principle fracture lines meeting at an apex at or near the superior aspect of the nasal bones.
Intubate
The introduction of a tube into a hollow organ (as the trachea).
Bougie
A tapering cylindrical instrument for introduction into a tubular passage of the body.
Retrograde
Reverting to an earlier or inferior condition.
Asystole
Cardiac standstill with no cardiac output and no ventricular depolarization; it eventually occurs in all dying patients.
Nasal Narcan
A potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine used to counter the effects of opioid overdose. Use of a wedge device (nasal atomizer) attached to a syringe to create a mist delivering the drug to the nasal mucosa may be utilized.
CVA
Cerebrovascular accident. Aslo referred to as a stroke.
Albuterol
A bronchodilator that relaxes muscles in the airways and increased air flow in the lungs.
Nebulizer
A device that changes liquid medicine into fine droplets (in aerosol or mist form) that are inhaled through a mouthpiece or mask.
