Category: P

In liver disease, the period prior to the appearance of jaundice.  

A healthcare provider trained and certified or licensed by the state, who practices emergency assessment and care in the out-of-hospital setting.  

The standardized form used by all emergency medical service agencies within an EMS system, to document patient care and assessments conducted in the field.  

The care a patient receives from emergency medical service before arriving at the hospital. This is usually done by emergency medical technicians and paramedics.  

A decrease in scrotal pain with elevation of the testicle. It is a physical finding in patients with epididymitis and testicular torsion.  

A supernumerary bone, accessory naviculare pedis, or sometimes a prolongation inward of it on the foot.  

A steroid that forms the nucleus of progesterone.  

The organic compound that is a precursor of two series of steroid hormones: the progesterones and several adrenal cortical hormones.  

A round calculator, similar to a slide rule in its construction, that uses the first day of the last menstrual period of a pregnant woman to identify the expected date that her baby will be born.  

A test used to determine whether conception has occurred. In addition to the clinical signs and symptoms of pregnancy, almost none of which are reliable within the first several weeks of pregnancy, chemical tests done in the physician’s office are quite accurate by as early as the time the first menstrual period is missed. There…