NON-CLASSIC (ATYPICAL) SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED FROM CARDIAC ISCHEMIA OR INFARCTION:
NECK ACHE; PRESSURE IN THE CHEST; PAINS IN THE BACK, BREAST, OR UPPER ABDOMEN; TINGLING OF THE FINGERS; UNEXPLAINED FATIGUE OR WEIGHT GAIN; INSOMNIA
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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF GENERALIZED HYPERTHERMIA:
MUSCLE CRAMPS; WEAKNESS OR EXHAUSTION; DIZZINESS OR FAINTING; RAPID HEART RATE; ALTERED MENTAL STATUS; MOIST COOL, PALE SKIN; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; ABDOMINAL CRAMPS;
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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF INTERNAL BLEEDING:
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF SHOCK; BLEEDING FROM ANY BODY ORIFICE; BLOOD-TINGED VOMIT OR FECES; COFFEE GROUND VOMIT; DARK, TARRY STOOL; ABDOMINAL RIGIDITY OR TENDERNESS; DISTENDED ABDOMEN
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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF SHOCK:
RAPID AND WEAK PULSE; PALE OR CYANOTIC SKIN; COOL CLAMMY SKIN; RAPID SHALLOW BREATHING; RESTLESSNESS AND ANXIETY; MENTAL DULLNESS OR CONFUSION; NAUSEA, VOMITING, AND THIRST; LOW OR DECREASED BLOOD PRESSURE (LATE SIGN);
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SIGNS OF CARDIAC COMPROMISE:
SQUEEZING DULL PAIN, SUDDEN ONSET OF SWEATING, DIFFICULTY BREATHING, ANXIETY OR IRRITABILITY, FEELING OF IMPENDING DOOM, ABNORMAL OR IRREGULAR PULSE RATE, DISCOMFORT IN THE ABDOMEN, NAUSEA OR VOMITING;
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SIGNS OF INADEQUATE BREATHING IN A PATIENT:
DIFFICULTY BREATHING; RATE TOO FAST OR TOO SLOW, OR IRREGULAR; DIMINISHED OR ABSENT BREATH SOUNDS; UNEQUAL OR INADEQUATE CHEST EXPANSION; INCREASED EFFORT; CYANOSIS; NOISY RESPIRATIONS; A PATIENT IN THE TRIPOD POSITION; CHANGE IN LEVEL OF RESPONSIVENESS;
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SIGNS OF MILD HYPOXIA:
TACHYPNEA; DYSPNEA; PALE, COOL, CLAMMY SKIN; TACHYCARDIA; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; RESTLESSNESS AND AGITATION; DISORIENTATION AND CONFUSION
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SIGNS OF SEVERE HYPOXIA:
TACHYPNEA, DYSPNEA, CYANOSIS, TACHYCARDIA THAT CAN LEAD TO DYSRYHTHMIAS, CONFUSION, LOSS OF COORDINATION, SLEEPY APPEARANCE, ALTERED MENTAL STATUS
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BLOOD GLUCOSE:
THE LEVEL OF GLUCOSE IN THE BLOODSTREAM AND ANY GIVEN TIME
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CARDIAC MONITOR:
A DEVICE USED TO DISPLAY THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE HEART
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END-TIDAL CO2 DETECTOR:
A DEVICE USED TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF CO2 IN THE EXHALED BREATH OF A PATIENT
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GLUCOMETER:
A DEVICE USED TO MEASURE AND DISPLAY THE AMOUNT OF GLUCOSE IN A GIVEN SAMPLE OF BLOOD
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PULSE OXIMETER:
A DEVICE USED TO MEASURE AND DISPLAY THE PERCENTAGE OF HEMOGLOBIN IN BLOOD THAT IS SATURATED WITH OXYGEN