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| Tubing that connects to the IV bag access port and the catheter to deliver IV fluid | Administration set |
| The anterior aspect of the elbow | Antecubital |
| A substance that prevents blood from clotting | Anticoagulant |
| A method of cleansing used to prevent contamination of a site when you are performing an invasive procedure, such as starting an IV line | Aseptic technique |
| A spring loaded device that is used for inserting an intraosseous needle into the proximal tibia in adult and pediatric patients | Bone injection Gun (BIG) |
| Between the gums | Buccal |
| A rigid, hollow, venous cannulation device identified by its plastic wings that act as anchoring points for securing the catheter | Butterfly catheter |
| Occurs wen a needl is reinserted into the catheter, ad it slices through the catheter, creating a free-floating segment | Catheter shear |
| A scale for measuring temperature where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees | Celsius scale |
| The puncturing of an emergency care provder’s skin with a needle or catheter that was used on a patient | Contaminated stick |
| Solutions of dissolved crystals (for example, salts, or sugars) in water; contain compounds that quickly dissociate in solution | Crystalloid solutions |
| The shift of a long bone | Diaphysis |
| Gentle downward or lateral traction on the skin | Distal traction |
| The area of teh administration set where fluid accumulates so that the tubing remains filled with fluid | Drip chamber |
| Injecting sterile water or saline from one vial into another vial containing a powdered form of the drug | Drug reconstitution |
| Medication administration that involves the mediation passing through a portion of the GI tract | Enteral medicaitons |
| The ends of a long bone | Epiphyses |
| Large neck vein that is lateral to the carotid artery | External jugular vein |
| The area of an IV catheter that fills with blood to help indicate when a vein is cannulated | Flash chamber |
| An accumulation of blood in the tissues beneath the skin; a potential complication of IV therapy | Hematoma |
| A solution that has a greater concentration of sodium than does the cell; the increased osmotic pressure can draw out water from the cell and cause it to collapse | Hypertonic solution |
| A mechanical device that infuses a precise intravenous volume programmed by the clinician | Infusion pump |
| Into a muscle; a medication delivery route | Intramuscular IM |
| Within the nose | Intranasal |
| Within the bone | Intraosseous IO |
| A technique of administering fluids, blood and blood products, and medications into the intraosseous space of a long bone, usually the proximal tibia | Intraosseous infusion |
| The spongy cancellous bone of the prophesies and the medullary cavity of the diaphysis, collectively | Intraosseous space |
| Within a vein | Intravenous IV |
| Cannulation of a vein with an IV catheter to access the patient’s vascular system | Intravenous therapy |
| The amount of charged particles found in a particular area | Ionic concentration |
| Intravenous solution that does not cause a fluid shift into or out of the cel; examples include normal saline and lactated ringer solutions | Isotonic crystalloid solutions |
| A solution that has the same concentration of sodium as does the cell. In this case, water does not shift, and no change in cell shape occurs | Isotonic solution |
| A sterile isotonic crystalloid IV solution of specified amounts of calcium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium chloride, and sodium lactate in water | Lactated ringer (LR) solution |
| A term applied to the practice of preventing contamination of the patient by using aseptic technique | Medical asepsis |
| A pressurized canister that delivers a specific dose of a medication; commonly used for beta-agonist bronchodilators | Metered- dose inhaler MDI |
| A device that attaches to the end of a syringe that is used to spray (atomize) certain medications via the intranasal route | Mucosal atomizer device (MAD) |
| A spring loaded device that contains neither drill nor battery, usd for inserting an intraosseous needle into the proximal tibia of an adult patient | New intraosseous (NIO) device |
| Pertaining to the eye | Ocular |
| A congenital bone disease that results in fragile bones | Osteogenesis imperfecta |
| An increase in the body’s systemic fluid volume | Overhydration |
| A teflon (plastic) catheter inserted over a hollow needle | Over the needle catheter |
| A route of medication administration that involves any route other than the gastrointestinal tract | Parenteral route |
| Through the skin or mucous membrane | Percutneous |
| The hard, sharpened plastic spike on the end of the administration set designed to pierce the sterile membrane of the IV bag | Piercing spike |
| Medication syringes that are prepackaged and prepared with a specific concentration | Profilled syringes |
| A sleeve that is placed around the IV bag and inflated to force fluid to flow front he IV bag and into the tubing | Pressure infuser device |
| A blood clot or foreign matter trapped within the pulmonary circulation | Pulmonary embolism |
| A drug mixed in a firm base that melts at body temperature and is shaped to fit the rectum | Suppository |
| Fainting; brief losses of consciousness caused by transiently inadequate blood flow to the brain | Syncopal episodes |
| Reactions that affect systems of the body | Systemic complications |
| Inflammation of a vein | Thrombophlebitis |