Chapter 13: Medical Emergencies

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  1. 4. Abnormally high blood glucose level
  2. 5. A disease in which the body is unable to use glucose normally because of a deficiency or total lack of insulin
  3. 7. Type of diabetes in which person requires external insulin to allow glucose to pass from blood into cells
  4. 8. Sudden violent muscle rigidity and jerky movements resulting from abnormal stimulation of the brain's cells
  5. 9. An acute spasm of the smaller air passages that causes difficult breathing and wheezing
  6. 10. Can occur when blood flow to the brain is interrupted
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  1. 1. Type of diabetes in which person may take oral medication to help control the disease
  2. 2. ____ occurs when oxygen-rich blood supply to part of the heart is blocked
  3. 3. Abnormally low blood glucose level
  4. 4. Abnormally fast breathing
  5. 6. Give this to someone experiencing chest pains associated with a heart attack (as long as the victim is not allergic)
  6. 8. mnemonic that offers clues as to what is causing a change in consciousness