ACE NOTES Series 6

ACE Notes Series 6

1. What is Rice? Rest, Ice, Compression, elevation, used to reduce swelling

2. What are ligaments? Non-elastic tissue designed to connect bone to bone, found around joints.

3. What are proprioceptors? Specialized nerve endings in muscle, tendons, and joints that are sensitive in changes in tension during activity, gives a body part a sense of where it is in space.

4. What is the postical phase? The late phase during a grand mal seizure, characterized by flaccid muscles and an altered level of consciousness.

5. What is a contusion? Slight bleeding into soft tissue as a result of a blow when the skin is not broken, bruise

6. What is the difference between a strain and sprain? Strain- overstretching or tearing of a muscle tendon

Sprain- overstretching or tearing of a ligament or joint capsule,

7. What is syncope? A transient state of unconsciousness during which the person collapses to the floor as a result of lack of oxygen to the brain, fainting.

8. What is cardiac output? The amount of blood that flows from each ventricle in one min.

9. What is stroke volume? The amount of blood pumped from each ventricle each time the heart beats.

10. Cardiac Output – Heart Rate x Stroke Volume