Emergency medicine

A coma () is a prolonged state of deep unconsciousness in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to stimuli (including pain, light, and sound), lacks a normal sleep-wake cycle and does not initiate voluntary actions. The person may experience respiratory and circulatory problems due to the body's inability to maintain normal bodily functions. People in a coma often require extensive medical care to maintain their health and prevent complications such as pneumonia or blood clots. Coma patients exhibit a complete absence of wakefulness and are unable to consciously feel, sp

medical specialty concerned with care for patients who require immediate medical attention

first aid procedure

medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine

assisted breathing to support life

method to mechanically assist or replace spontaneous breathing

condition caused by the failure of the human body to dissipate heat in a hot environment

injury or illness that is acute and poses an immediate risk to a person's life or long term health

placement of patient on side to prevent pulmonary aspiration

spontaneous return of a normal cardiac rhythm following failed resuscitation attempts

medical device used to maintain or open a patient’s airway

hospital equipped to handle major traumatic injuries

medical condition

clinical application of psychiatry in emergency settings

period of time following a traumatic injury during which there is the highest likelihood that prompt medical and surgical treatment will prevent death

physician specialised in emergency medicine

Medical assessment

call center operated by the local government for emergency phone calls

Resuscitation is the process of correcting physiological disorders (such as lack of breathing or heartbeat) in an acutely ill patient. It is an important part of intensive care medicine, anesthesiology, trauma surgery and emergency medicine. Well-known examples are cardiopulmonary resuscitation and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

life-saving protocols

measure of arousal other than normal

airway management procedure

type of airway management device

hysterotomy performed to resuscitate a pregnant woman in cardiac arrest

incident which results in medical care systems becoming overwhelmed

Although the term has occasionally been used in other ways, in medical literature biotrauma is usually defined as a severe inflammatory response produced in the lungs of patients who breathe by means of a mechanical ventilator for a long period of time. The term was coined in a 1998 paper by L. N. Tremblay and A. S. Slutsky, titled Ventilator-induced injury: from barotrauma to biotrauma. The message of that paper was that barotrauma caused by pressure differentials is only one of several types of lung damage that a ventilator can produce.

medical intervention

symptom defined as a patient's perception that they are dying