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What is the Medical term meaning stopping the flow of blood?
Hemostasis is the control of blood flow.HemostatsishemostasisIt is called a blood clot if it occurs naturally.
Is hypothermia used in surgery?
Neurosurgeons are working with hypothermia to protect the very sensitive brain tissues during periods of absent or reduced blood flow
What does the term haemostasis mean?
surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat)
What is another word for stopping the flow of blood?
If you stop the blood that flows out of a wound, that is sometimes called staunching the wound.
What is the process of stopping the flow of the blood from a broken blood vessel?
Cauterization is sometimes referred as the method to stop bleeding
What factors may interfere with the body's ability absorb medications?
Hypothermia can alter absorbtion r/t the slowing perfusion of blood flow.
What are the long term effects of hypothermia?
The worst long term effects of hypothermia are of course are cardiac arrest and death. If you have inhaled water, you can have damage to your lungs. Extremities can also lose blood flow and lose function and/or may have to be amputated.
HOW MUCH AIR A PERSON CAN HOLD IN THE HEART?
None, air in the heart will cause an embolism stopping blood flow.
What does the medical terminology combining form -stasis mean?
-stasis means stop, so hemostasis is stopping the flow of blood.
Do mosqitoes spit in you when they bite you?
Mosquitos have a special enzyme in their saliva that prevents blood clotting. This allows them to suck the blood without stopping the flow. It is this that makes the mosquito bite itch.
What are anti-embolism stockings?
The anti-embolism stockings is to prevent blood clots by stopping blood from gathering and pooling in the veins of the leg. The stockings also increase the flow of blood through the leg veins.
How effective would the varicose vein valve seem to be in stopping back flow of blood?
Yes. If a valve fails, the blood may pool up and enlarge the vessels into varicose veins . . . usually in the legs.
