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Mod G wk 1 lect.
chap 1,2 7
Question | Answer |
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anesthesia | complete or partial loss of feeling |
anthrax | a deadly infectious disease caused by Bacillus anthracis. Humans contract the disease fro infected animal hair, or waste |
bacteria | Microorganism capable of causing disease |
caduceus | symbol for healing made up of a staff with two snakes coiled around it which has becom the recognized symbol for medicine. |
chemotherapy | use of chemicals including drugs to treat and control infections and diseases |
cholera | acute infectio involving the small bowel which causes severe diarrhea |
homeopathy | thratment and prevention of disease based on the premis that large doses of drugs which cause symptoms in healthy people will cure the same symptoms when given in small dose. |
immunology | study of immunity resistance to or protectio from disease |
microbes | one celled form of life such as bacteria |
microorganism | minute living organisms such as bacteria virus, protozoa, fungus that are not visible to the human eye without a microscope |
morbidity rate | number os sick persons or cases of a disease within a certain population |
mortality rate | death rate: the ratio of the number of deaths in a given population |
pasteurization | process of heating substances such as milk or cheese to a certain temperature in order to destroy bacteria |
pathology | study of nature and cause of disease |
puerperal sepsis | severe infection of the genital tract during the postpartum period or as a complication of an abortion, also called childbed fever |
accreditation | process in which an institution voluntarily completes an extensive self study after which an accrediting association visits the school to verify the self study statements |
clinical | relating to the medical treatment and care of patients |
diagnostic | a type of test series of tests, or an evaluation to determine the extent of an illness or disease |
diathermy | use of heat inducing wavelengths to provide muscle relaxation snd therapy |
erythemia | redness of the skin |
exudate | accumulation of fluid, pus, or serum in a cavity or tissue which may become hard and crusty |
massage | to apply pressure with hands |
physiatrist | a physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation |
physiatry | medical specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation |
prosthesis | an artificial body part |
rehabilitation | process of assisting patient to regain a state of health and highest level of function possible |
suppuration | process of pus formation due to infection |
DOB | date of birth |
LMP | last menstrual period |
NKD | NO known drug allergies |
y/o | years old |
N&V | nausea and vomiting |
NVD | nausea vomiting and diarrhea |
SOB | shortness of breath |
CC | chief complaint |
N/C | no complaints |
R/O | rule out |
abd | abdomen |
ac | before meals |
bid | twice a day |
qid | four times a day |
pc | after meals |
qh | every hour |
s | without |
NPO | nothing by mouth |
PRN | as needed |
ss | one half |
x | times |
BP - Basic Adult | 120/80 |
BP - older adult | 138/86 |
BP - 16-adult | 118/76 |
BP - 10-15 years | 100/65 |
BP - 6-9 years | 95/65 |
Pulse - adult | 60-80 |
pulse - older adults | 50-65 |
pulse - 11-16 years | 70-90 |
pulse - 6-10 years | 80-100 |
pulse - 2-6 years | 80-120 |
pulse - less than 1 year | 120-160 |
Resp - adult | 15-20 |
Resp - 15 years | 15-20 |
Resp - 5 years | 15-25 |
Resp - 1 year | 20-40 |
Resp- newborn | 30-80 |
dermatologist | physican who treats injuries and infections of skin ,hair, and nails |
geriatric | medical care is focused on diseases & disorder of the elderly |
group practice | a practice with at least thre physicians to share workload & expenses |
radiology | speciality that uses x-rays in the study of tissue and organs |
autopsy | an examination of organs and tissues in a deceased body |
opthalmologist | specialist who treats diseases and disorders of the eye |
onocology | study of cancer and related tumors |
confidentiality | maintaining and keeping information about a patient private |
administrative | relating to the business functions of the physicians office |
neurologist | specialist in the treatment of the nervous system |
orthopedist | specialist in the treatment of the musculoskeletal system |
continuing education | credit awarded for additional course work in order to remain current (CEU) |
certification | the issuance by an official body of a certificate that has met certain standards |
solopractice | a physician practicing alone |
american assn of medical assistance | professional assn of pnysicians which maintains directories of qualified docs |
pasturization | process of heating substances to certain temperature to destroy bacteria |
hematology | study of blood and blood forming tissue |
nephrologist | specialist in the study of the kidney diseases and disorders |
cardiologist | specialist in the study of the heart diseases and disorders |
anesthesiologist | person trained in the administration of both local and general drugs to induce a complete or partial loss of feeling for surgical procedures |
cadaver | a dead body _ a corpse |
triage | critical and significant responsibility a medical assistant will perform |
syphilus | infectious chronic, venereal disease with lesions that can affect many organs |
PA | works directly under physician doing multiple tasks to include preliminary DX` |
CEU | continuing education unit |
WHO | ??? Why Hippocratic oath |
RMA | registered medical assistant |
CDC | center for diesease control |
DEC | ? |
CLIA | ? |
MA | medical assistant |
HT | height |
LPN | licensed practical nurse |
TPR | ?: |
PT | patient |
DO | doctor of osteopathy |
MD | doctor of medicine |
WT | weight |
RN | registered nurse |
HCFA | ? |
AAMA | american association of medical assistants |
OSHA | occupational safety hazzard administtation |
Galileo (1564-1642) | first to use the telescope |
Lillian Wald (1867-1940) | established public health nursing in NYC |
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) | Pasteurization of bacteria |
Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) | first woman to receive a medical degree in the US |
Paul Enrlich (1854-1915) | developed the :silver bullet" for syphilil |
Pierre Curie (1859-1906) | discovered radium |
Janssen | invented the microscope |
Anton van Leeuwenhock (1632-1723) | founder of microbiology |
Joseph Lister (1827-1912) | developed steril technique in surgery |
Crawford Long - William Morton (1815-1878) - (1819-1868) | discovered anesthesia |
Edward Jenner (1749-1823) | discovered small pox vaccine |
John Hunter (1728-1793) | foundr of scientific surgery |
Walter Reed (1851-1902) | helped conquer yellow fever |
Rene Laennec (1781-1826) | invented the stethoscope |
Galen (130-201 AD) | greek physician who stressed value of anatomy & physiology |
Fallopious | indentified and named many anatomical parts, studen to Versalius |
Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) | introduced homeopathy |
Clara Barton (1821-1912) | founder of the american Red Cross |
William Beaumont (1785-1853) | studied the digestive process |
Wilhelm Roentgen (1845-1922) | discovered X-Ray in 1895 |
Jonas Salk & Albert Sabin(1914-1996) -(1906-1993) | developed the polio vaccine and the oral polio vaccine in th 1950s |
Richard Bright (1789-1858) | discovered Bright's Disease |
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) | founder of nursing |
Robert Koch (1843-1910) | bacterilogist who discovered tubercle bacillus |
Ignaz Semmelweiss (1818-1865) | prevented puerperal sepsis by advising medical students to disinfect hands |
Hippocrates | father of medicine father of medical ethics as notedin Hippocratic oath |
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) | developed the bifocal |
Andreas versalius (1514-1564) | father of modern anatomy |