Category: R

A long strip of soft material, usually from !4 to 6 in (1.3 to 15.2 cm) wide and 2 to 5 yd (1.83 to 4.57 m) long, rolled on its short axis. When rolled from both ends to meet at the center, it is called a double-headed roller.  

A bandage applied to a limb in such a way that the roller is inverted or half twisted at each turn so as to make it fit smoothly and resist slipping off the limb.  

A lifelong threatening uninhibited response of the sympathetic nervous system for an individual with a spinal cord injury or lesion at T8 or above who has recovered from spinal shock.  

Autism that develops in a child after normal development during the first 24-30 months of life.  

Collapse of distal lung units resulting from plugging of the airway with mucus.  

The evaluation of a trauma patient’s head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities, and posterior, conducted after the initial assessment in patients with a forceful mechanism of injury, such as a car crash.    

The state in which an individual is at risk for entry of gastric secretions, oropharyngeal secretions, or exogenous food or fluids into tracheobronchial passages due to dysfunction or absence of normal protective mechanisms. Pathological respiratory aspiration is prevented by placing the unconscious patient (or any other patient without a gag reflex) on his or her…

An artery accompanying a nerve root into the spinal cord.  

A branch of the brachiocephalic artery supplying blood to the right side of the neck and the head.  

Archaic term for inflammation of small arteries as a result of rheumatic fever.