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May 23, 2013

Drowning Glossary of Terms

The following are health and medical definitions of terms that appear in the Drowning article.

Acute: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Acute respiratory distress syndrome: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Aerobic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Airway: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Alveoli: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Alveolus: See the definition from MedTerms.com

ARDS: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Aspiration: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Blood sugar: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Brain: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Breathing: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bronchi: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Capillary: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Carbon dioxide: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cardiac: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Cardiopulmonary: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cervical: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Circulation: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Complication: See the definition from MedTerms.com

CPR: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Defibrillator: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Diabetes: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Diarrhea: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Diving injury: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Electrolyte: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heart: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heart attack: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heart rate: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hypoglycemia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hypothermia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Hypoxemia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Infarction: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Injury: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Laboratory: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Larynx: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Low blood sugar: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Lungs: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Membrane: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Metabolism: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Morbidity: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Myocardial infarction: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Neck: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Neurological: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Oxygen: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pneumonia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Pound: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Prescription: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Prognosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pulse: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Red blood cells: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Reflex: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Respiratory: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Shunt: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Spasm: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Spinal cord: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Spine: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Surfactant: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Syndrome: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Trachea: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Trauma: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Tubes: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vessel: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vital: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Voice box: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Voluntary: See the definition from MedTerms.com

World Health Organization: See the definition from MedTerms.com

X-ray: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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